1963 Philco

[Adam]

Color came right up today, didn't take any time at all or any fooling with the fine tuning for the color to come up like before even on a weak station, so I think this extra 8pf cap might have done it.

Originally Posted by matt_s78mn

Wow Adam, very nice. Seeing your Philco up and working makes me want to tackle mine again.

What year Philco? I've seen later round color Philcos than this where Philco used their own chassis instead of duplictaing the RCA, but never seen an earlier one than this ctc-15 model. I wonder what the first Philco roundie was...

[N9ZQA]

Adam -

What a nice set - looks like you've got a lot of work in on it.

Maybe a long shot, but does moving the 6GH8 or any of the other color-related tubes around in the sockets slightly affect the color at all?

After I got my Admiral console running again, I had no color/weak/strange color. After working with it for a while, I noticed the color coming and going when I would wiggle the bandpass amplifier tube. Cleaning the tube socket and pins provided a good strong color picture all the time.

Jim