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Thanks. I've been obsessed with the mysterious blue wire. Before I disassembled the condenser block I made notes, tags, and photos which confirm that the blue line enters block. And that wire is still attached to a capacitor. I put in the question mark because I've only identified that cap as C16 by default. Hopefully I'll find that I've made an error when I attempt to reconstruct the condenser block circuitry.
The radio is 60-cycle. I just added that question because when I was looking at early 1930s schematics I noticed that many manufacturers offered a 25-cycle twin model. Your memory of the Emmett, Idaho power is correct. The mining stopped before 1920, and I presume that's why the town got electrified so early.
Off the subject--I have to grin every time I read your "Perfection is hard to reach..." Twenty years ago, when we first got desktop computers and printers at work, we had to call IT frequently for malfunctions. When they put us "...on the schedule for next Thursday...," I'd have my secretary tell them, "Nevermind, the Colonel says he has a screwdriver and he can fix it." The screwdriver ploy always worked--IT would be in our office in ten minutes.
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