Radio-Electronics Magazine as a repair resource

[Findm-Keepm]

As you may know, the American Radio History website has archived Radio-Electronics Magazines, with EXCELLENT service information from the greats, Jack Darr (their Service Editor and a TV-Shop owner himself) and Homer Davidson, a contributing editor and also a TV-shop owner. Both are heavily published in the TV-repair arena. (Art Margolis was published in Electronics Illustrated, also archived on the American Radio History website)

First, Radio-Electronics had an annual "Color TV" issue - usually January or December of the year. Great reading, and supplements service data and other publications right nicely.

I've drilled-down to find RCA-relevant service hints, tips, theory, and practical troubleshooting information. Below, broken down by circuit, is a relevance-to-issue listing:

Vertical (6EM7 and 6GF7 based, as they are electrically the same - any -GF7 circuit is similar)

1961 - August and September Issues
1964 - September and November Issues
1965 - February and December Issues
1966 - January and July Issues
1967 - December Issue
1971 - August Issue
1975 - October Issue
1976 - September Issue
1978 - July Issue (service hint surrounding the Service Switch)

Horizontal - 6JE6 based

1969 - June Issue (1.8K resistor)
1971 - October Issues (pictogram/on-screen images)

Convergence (might be good for most 60's era RCAs)

1966 - January Issue

I'm at a start with this, an will edit as I uncover more - on to Chroma!