1950 Admiral 36R45 finished

[whatadish]

world is going into the crapper...been hidin' in a fallout shelter. My first tech school was in 1980 at TESST. Actually learned vacuum tube basics before digital theory and application. Been fixing this kind of stuff for a while. Restoration is a little more involved than fixing. Got alot of my bench equipment from an engineer that used to live next door to me years ago. I can use most of it, still learnin' scope etiquette. Hoping to get a little cram session on this site. Been audiokarma member for a while cuz I had alot of tube audio gear. Alot of knowledge to be had here..looking forward to hangin' out. This Admiral came out very well. The two predictas are a nice challenge for me. The 10L43 picture tube tested new and though flyback resistance was a little lower than I hoped (280ohms) i am still getting 10kv at anode. Wrestling a vertical deflection issue on it now. B+'s are within spec, possibly an issue with the 6fd7 substitution tube. It has a bright modulated hozontal line with good focus, just no vert deflection. I will post this issue in the correct thread. Oh yeah....the handle "whatadish" was my alias when I was hacking direct tv's h and hu cards back in the day.