The Westinghouse has a printed circuit board and not easy to solder without lifting traces, even with a 25 watt iron.
The alignment improved the reception, but it was still pretty limited unless an external antenna is connected.
The night reception was close to what the GE was but neither can match the S-W for DX, proving the 12BE6 (oscillator-converter) to be superior versus the 12AU6 (sharp cutoff pentode).
The Admiral was another story altogether. After a recap, it amplified the modulated tone at 455 kC well enough, but dead on everything else from the signal generator including the 30 foot wire antenna outside.
Maybe this oscillator is a manual-Dyne
and needs some help.
I checked the oscillator coil and antenna for continuity, OK. All resisitors are within range.
Tuning capacitor and trimmers are not shorted, not much is left in this spartan set except two disc capacitors, which I will need to order.
Thats enough simple stuff for me, time to work on some TV sets.