[Chris K]

Thank you so much for your insights and for further clarifying the picture!

Speaking of which, I did a horrific bodge job with the harvested power resistors from the parts chassis completely substituting for all of the Candohm resistors in my set. I prayed, chanted and lit some candles before I turned it on. When the relay kicked in...I HAD AN INSTANT PICTURE WITH RASTER!!!

That is first light on this Dumont! I have the resistors on order from DK and Mouser. Thank you guys for helping me get further with this TV than I ever have before and thank you Tim and Tom for pointing to the can resistors almost immediately in the process! Whoopeeee!!! Further updates and confusion/questions to come!