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Originally Posted by holmesuser01
The resistor on the tuning eye is inside the base cover. On my set, the tube was bright, but had only minute movement on the display. The new resistor brought that back.
The tube is a 6AL7-GT. It's not terribly expensive.
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I've got another 6AL7-GT in the mail on the way to me..due Friday. You are absolutely correct about them being pretty cheap..shipping and all it was around $8. Much better than the eye tube for my 1938 RCA 99K! The 6U5 tube that radio uses are going for astronomical prices on Ebay..last one I bid on ended up going for over $30, but not to me.
Not sure what the deal is with my eye tube, but figure I can't really dig into it until I have one I know is good, or I could end up chasing a "problem" that doesn't exist. When I first turn the set on and it's warming up, the eye tube will light a little bit, not real bright but visible, then it fades out. It's never a real "crisp" looking display even when I can see it, and the tube display has a smeared "burned" look to it even when there's no power to it.