Thanks jeffths. The people in ak are great. They have so much knowlege in electronics and It is an honor to be here. You kinda started out the same way i did. the first set i worked on was a 1962 19" b-w zenith my dad gave me. the switch was bad so i solderd in a jumper. Wish i still had that set. it ran for many years. In 75 i bought a rca 19" xl 100 color. the only thing i did to that set was clean the tuner and That set got alot of use. Sold it in 86. Oh the crunch of a pc board. sends a chill up the spine. I did that to a rca roundie. man was i pissed. i did fix it but it diden't last long so i used the set for parts. When i bought my house in 79 i started building my collection.
now i have about 40 working sets and way to many parts sets. Please don't get me wrong i think rcas are the best sets ever made. next in line would be zenith. look at how many of the old ones we get working. and they work vary well.