Working on First GE Color

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Originally Posted by bgadow

It would be quite a long time before GE would engineer/build such a fine set again! Great to see this one alive.

Surprisingly this set uses simple burst-excited crystal for phase locked subcarrier (a feature of minimalist 60's designs like the PortaColor). Works excellently.

The HUE control with a knurled brass knob can be seen hidden from the customer (for good reason?) on lower back panel. It's a shielded vari-cap that rotates continuously.

Twin "Coke Bottle" 6CD6 Horiz O/P only draw a meager combined 1/5-A

Now have CTC-5 hooked up to Zenith Test CRT (2nd pix) - it's more trouble than the GE !