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02-29-2008, 08:00 PM
I'm new to vintage TV restoration and this is my first post to this forum.
I'm currently restoring an RCA 630TS television and have just completed
a full re-capping (minus the micas) and some resistor replacement. The
chassis powers up fine and all voltages are close to what is stated in
the service manual voltage chart.
I had to perform a complete video IF alignment because the 3rd IF coil
was destroyed by mice. I was able to replace the damaged coil with a
Merit TV-102 and I was able to achieve a decent swept video response
with one exception, I'm getting RF interference on channel 7 that seems
to be fed back through the tuner. The Merit coil did tune broadly during
alignment and I suspect possible IF parasitic oscillation.
Does anyone know what might be going on here? I would like to locate
a stock replacement 3rd IF coil, RCA p/n 71426. Suggestions on where
I might locate one is most appreciative. To rule out a possible source of
external RF interference, other televisions in my house do not exhibit
the Ch. 7 interference on the same coaxial line. Thanks for any and all
assistance with this most perplexing problem.
Mark G.
I'm currently restoring an RCA 630TS television and have just completed
a full re-capping (minus the micas) and some resistor replacement. The
chassis powers up fine and all voltages are close to what is stated in
the service manual voltage chart.
I had to perform a complete video IF alignment because the 3rd IF coil
was destroyed by mice. I was able to replace the damaged coil with a
Merit TV-102 and I was able to achieve a decent swept video response
with one exception, I'm getting RF interference on channel 7 that seems
to be fed back through the tuner. The Merit coil did tune broadly during
alignment and I suspect possible IF parasitic oscillation.
Does anyone know what might be going on here? I would like to locate
a stock replacement 3rd IF coil, RCA p/n 71426. Suggestions on where
I might locate one is most appreciative. To rule out a possible source of
external RF interference, other televisions in my house do not exhibit
the Ch. 7 interference on the same coaxial line. Thanks for any and all
assistance with this most perplexing problem.
Mark G.