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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
IIRC, the Motorola 17P6 was one of their first sets to use PC board construction and a lot more reliable than the Philco. As in the Philcos, the tuners were a little funky. It was Motorola built tuner and not one of their better efforts. Odd-ball tuner tubes, 5EU8 and 4ES8, European sourced tubes.
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Yep, My 17p6 was a DX-ing wonder even on the rod antenna. A close friend gave me one when i was 12, it had a bad H-output tube and a cracked restistor. My dad encouraged my repair interests and bought me a Weller iron and some hex tools and we got it running
Sometime later, it developed a bad fly and i reluctantly gave it up to a neigbor tv shop that fixed and sold it.. Saw one on Ebay once, (too far away) go for $10. Havent seen one since.
Next to the 17p5 Snelson sold me, this is a sentimental TV to me and my search continues...
SR