Predicta Holiday - First power up attempt

[madlabs]

Good idea, I will. Should have when I was putting it together but I was too anxious to see if it worked. And some RTV on top sounds about right. Off to work for my 48 hour shift so no work on the set for a couple of days.

Many questions about improving the picture.

It takes at least 5-10 minutes before the picture stabilizes. The horizontal hold is fussy and the picture shifts around. Once warm the horiz. is fine and the shifts are much less but still there.

Even when warm there are faint diagonal lines that are mostly apparent when there is nothing on the screen.

The bottom of the screen is not filled. I'm sure that is just adjusting the picture correctly.

The left side is a little compressed ad the whole screen seems a little blurry.

And early ideas on those issues? I'll get a test pattern downloaded and a screen shot taken of that later this week. I was also planning on subbing tubes one by one and seeing what I get there.

Progress! Talk about a roller coaster ride yesterday. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!

Jonathan