As some of you may know, the flyback transformer has been found to be bad on the 19CT1 Motorola set. Since it seems pigs will fly before I find an NOS replacement, I tried investigating a few places that advertise rewinding and custom fabricating transformers. One thing that seems to be a common issue is the problem that the old flyback utilizes a pi winding, which it seems nobody has the right equipment to duplicate.

I'm curious to know (I've been learning about the details as I go along), what is significant about pi-winding a flyback transformer, and why a replacement has to be pi-wound? Would there be any way to adapt a flyback from a different set to get the Motorola working again? Are there any options anyone can suggest at this point, or am I pretty much dead in the water?



Thanks,
Joe