[rca2000]

What you all have been WAITING for !!

It was not real cold out today--so I ran the cord out to the van.

I powered it on. INSTANT sound noise--since this set has full SS IF and audio.

Waited about 30 seconds more--no raster. 30 more ...STILL nothing. Began to think...maybe i have a HV problem.

Took the cover off and checked to see if the h-out tube was lighting. It was. checked to see if Osc tube was lit...it was . No blown 500Ma. bel fuse.

So--I pulled the cap off of the out tube and laid it next to the cap. Powered it on again and CAUTIOUSLY touched it to the cap..Got weak sparking..left it on and waited. SLOWLY--the HV seemed to be coming up. So--I checked to see where the brightness control was set it--it must have been most of the way DOWN--because when I turned it UP--I got SNOW !! BUT-I beleive the 6LF6 is pretty weak--or maybe the damper tube--because the HV comes up slowly AND takes time to fill the screen--when it does AND--if the brightness is turned up very far--it first pulls in from the left side and then blooms.

Anyway...here is the pix, hard to get when on its side in the van...looks like i have a decent CRT--as we expected would be the case. Along with a good tripler, Fly, yoke and most all else !! With a proper input--I DO think this set would show a good picture.

Those black lines are NOT there in the raster--EVERY time I take a pix of an operating CRT with this phone_-they show up.