Philco Experts: Model 87 Grid Condenser?

[Winky Dink]

And I promise this is absolutely the last question I'll ask about the Philco 87 (unless another problem pops up).

The volume pot runs 0-10K ohms as it should, but even with no antenna strong local stations have substantial volume at maximum resistance. I tried some other potentiometers (25K, 100K, 2M) without success. What works best is attaching an antenna and touching a finger to the chassis, there's still an unacceptable minimum volume. Is there a way to achieve a better outcome (without holding my finger on the chassis)?

By the way, for anyone who's been reading this thread, the offending component was the 70K resistor even though it still reads 66K on the bench.

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