Thanks again Phil,
It works!!
My Mom is moving from her nig farmhouse to a smaller home, and I was helping her empty one of her sheds this weekend. When I mentioned the old Admiral set, she said "I have old TV's upstairs in the back bedroom closet of you want them." She had an assortment of late70's/early 80's portables. I happily took home a small 1983 Zenith B/W portable and a box full of rabbit ears, and cable converters. (There is cable in the new house, but they never got out to the old farmhouse). She was going to throw all of this stuff away...
This morning I hooked up the Zenith, just to be sure I could get reception. Once I had that dialed in, I switched the antenna leads and fired up the Admiral. The audio came on in a few seconds, and was just clear as a bell. There was not even a scratchy sound from the pots. After a minute or two, the CR tube warmed up, and I was easily able to get a stable picture with the brightness on max. The picture was dark and murky, but the CRT works, so I was quite happy and relieved.
I have the Photofact for this model on the way, and will be looking for someone locally to assist me in a recapping/restoration.
Fred