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Yeah I hear you. I've seen that happen on previous repairs with other sets. Still looking this one over. First thing I'm gonna do is clean up the multi pots on the back due to the threat of tin whiskers. It currently does have a vertical problem . All the tubes are original so I will be testing them. I'm going to be in Orlando next week for for the Orlando Hamcation. I can stop by and pick up replacements while I'm in town. Most of these are only $3 apiece I guess because they're considered oddball 8 Volt and 11 Volt tubes and such. After I get it cleaned up I'll be checking some resistors to see if there's any out of tolerance. It would be nice to have a complete service manual for it so I can align the IF's and the chroma bandpass but I may not need to anyway. I'm surprised at how little information there is about these porta colors out there.
Back in the day when I was in the business we considered these almost useless gutless wonders. I guess I really didn't pay attention to the progress that was being made and what this set represented of what was to come. Now I'm proud to own one!
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