Early tv techs faced color challenge

[oldtvman]

Originally Posted by peverett

I wonder if the peak in tube sales was due to the radios beginning to transition to solid state. The sales of 50C5s and 35W4s(the most commont tubes to fail in table radios of the time) would have began declining.

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