[gary rabbitt]

Thanks everyone, I'll check everything you mentioned. I did find that the part of the antenna coil was open. The little .7 Ohm section to ground. I tried bypassing that to gnd, with no help, other than a louder signal. Another thing to repair.
As far as the OSC coil I have not removed it yet to inspect. I may go ahead and rewind it properly while it's out.
I did align the set last night as far as I could, and it was tuning across the band. But if I am on a feq of say 1400, turn the bandswitch to SW then back, nothing on AM until I tuned downward and tuned back up.
I see a bad soldering job on the coil lugs, and looks like masking tape where the rewind is. If I get some time this evening, I'll pull the coil and have a look.
Thanks as always for your ideas, and I will report back.
Take care, Gary.