UPDATE: I figured out what my problem was, one of the 58 tubes was bad, this radio uses 3 58 tubes, one for the IF, one for the 1st Detector, and one for the RF, and the one that was in the 1st Detector socket was bad (it barely registered on my tube tester outside of the "?" spot on the tube checker.
The reason why I suspected a bad tube was because when I put my hand on the grid cap of the 1st Detector tube the radio came in loud and clear but as soon as I moved my hand away the radio was as deaf as can be.
So now to hunt down a NOS 58 Tube to install in the radio, and the radio should be fine.
