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Here's my latest non-customer project. It's the Fada TV30 that I bought from Tim last year. I started recapping it shortly after I bought it, but found myself too busy to finish it right then. Before I started recapping, I ran my usual preliminary tests on the circuitry and reviewed some notes that Chuck had written about his experience with the set before Tim owned it. This set has been passed around like a groupie ... lol. I'm about 90% finished with recapping it and have been firing it up at several convenient points to check my progress. So far, it appears that I've corrected all the issues from Chuck's notes and I have a recognizable picture and some sound that keeps getting better as I recap more stages. By the time I'm done with the recapping, my second B&K 415 should be arriving and I'll re-calibrate that unit for 21.25 MHz IF work, leaving my first 415 set up for 39.75 MHz. Here's an under-chassis picture of the TV30. Note the Amprobe inductive ammeter and the divider coil fitted to a "cheater cord" that I use with my Variac when I'm powering these old sets up.
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