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Jonathan:
Good work. You have the TV well under control. It will probably work OK with a small antenna. The tuner may need cleaning. It is essentially a miniaturized GI rotary disc tuner. Try tuner cleaner. If it is still not right, then use a relay burnishing tool or light use of very fine sandpaper, 600-1200 grade. Apply only enough effort to remove the light oxidation.
I do not recommend a wholesale capacitor change out. Just fix symptoms caused by defective parts. Quality control was pretty good on the Safari since Philco engineers wanted accurate reliability data from field deployment. Component selection was better than the high volume tube TVs of the era.
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