Hallicrafters 602 acquired

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

12 inch round, a big screen for a Hallicrafters anyway and also unlike the famed push-button models, has some kind of continuous tuner that rotates between detents for channels.

This set was found in an attic of a house in the heart of coal country (initially served by only one VHF channel until UHF stations popped up in 1952-3) and brought to work by a friend of the original owner. I had been working on it over lunch-breaks where he and I replaced all the wax-paper and electrolytics. Since he is out on extended disability, he asked me to just take it home.

From VintagePC's thread on his Hally 815, I deduced there are quite a few issues beyond just the caps in this set as well. We did get a very dim but full raster, so its not hopeless but it has some funny symptoms.
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What other symptoms is the set exhibiting, and did you check the CRT? The latter could be the reason for the dim raster, although I would look elsewhere first. The horizontal output tube could be so weak it is just barely working. In a set this old (late 1940s-early 1950s), this seems very likely, but again, I would check the CRT cathode emission before doing anything drastic. Of course, if the set is using a CRT brightener, the tube is just about shot anyway and should be replaced.