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Originally Posted by holmesuser01
I think your set is looking pretty good. I didn't notice smearing on the picture of the GET SMART title. It's reasonably clear and sharp.
I can only hope that my RA-113 will look as good as yours. It's basically untouched, other than a screwy looking audio output transformer being installed in the past.
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Thank you! I can only attribute it to a LOT of "dumb luck", and determination, considering I'm a total "noob" with no experience, no specialized equipment, and had been told for decades that a bad picture tube was why the set was "retired".
And I've even taken a couple pretty "zings" off the metal cone of that danged 19AP4 metal cone CRT! I'm glad our floor is well ABOVE ground level on a foundation. While not nearly enough to "knock me across the room", it certainly got my attention and evoked a couple of decidedly NOT "family friendly" exclamations.
Maybe another thing I inherited from my grandfather is that we aren't very good electrical conductors. I once watched him test a light socket to see if it was "hot" by sticking his finger in it...and after he declared it was NOT hot...I screwed a light bulb into it and it lit up.
On your set, was the audio transformer an "aftermarket" replacement? Or was someone trying to boost the audio or run an external speaker?