Early tv techs faced color challenge

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Originally Posted by oldtvman

I worked at an Rca parts distributor as service manager. The most popular tube was the 6gh8, followed by the horz out and damper tubes and of course the 3a3 and 6bk4

When I worked at the local RCA/GE distributor (they were still their own companies back then) we sold TONS of 6GH8A's, usually a sleeve of 5 or more to some shops. We were also a PTS module distributor, and I can remember the top selling modules for most sets - JA modules for Motorola, MAD001 and MAG001/2 modules for RCA, 703644-2/-3/-4 modules for Magnavox, and 9-92 and 9-86 modules for Zeniths. We'd run out and have a backorder on most of these. PTS had a policy of limiting us to 5 each when we ordered.
I also remember selling CRTs - 23VAL/23VAT and 25A/AX series tubes, and the occasional 19" tube. We carried Empire and Channel Master - both great tubes, but man those Channel Master trucks were a B*TCH to unload when the boss bought more than 20 or so tubes. Empire came UPS.

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