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Originally Posted by tubesrule
I'm not aware of any specific problems related to pre-war receiver design and operation.
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Indeed! Except for the bad paper caps, none of the parts in my two prewar TVs, a TRK12 and a TT-5, seem problematic. Of course, they don't
have flybacks. The HV oil caps are sealed and are at least OK.
Now about that TRK-12 radio ... the Rube Goldberg radio motor driven
system looks like it was designed become sparky, flaky, noisy, and
a general pain. The direct-drive pushbutton setup in the U-10
radio-phono that provides the TT-5's sound is much simpler and in fact
more reliable, not to mention cheaper.