[Charlie]

I wasn't going to move or remove the trap... other than tubes... everything looks original so i figured it was supposed to be there just as it was. My B&K 470 just barely moved the meter when checking the CRT, so, it's pretty weak. Cranking it up to 9 volts VERY SLOWLY brought it into the green... like after and hour... so really the tube is tired i think.

I leave to go to sea again on Monday, so, I'm really not going to get a chance to go thru this thing. I'll have to wait till get get home again in January. A re-cap will likely stretch the vert back into shape and stop the roll on start up. It's possible the picture could get a little brighter with new caps, but I'm not countin on it too much. Actually, there was still some adjustment in the brightness control that made things brighter, but it bloomed a little and I didn't want to push my luck.

I wonder how long it will be before that lady tries to come in to claim her set. Hell... she put it on layaway back in JULY... she would be crazy to think it's still there! I'm sure I'll find out the skinny on that if it happens. The guy that owns this shop is one of the major estate sale dealers in the area. I think I'm going to go back and have a talk with him concerning these sets. My old teacher from school told me he had passed on an "I Love Lucy" tv (as she put it) recently... mainly because he still had this one and it was still in his shop. I believe I will start making regular stops in this place. That way, he'll know I'm serious about wanting this stuff and better my chances of finding things I otherwise wouldn't (due to I dont like waking that early to go to estate sales).