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Originally Posted by David Roper
1950 Philco 7" sets are notorious for faulty HV oscillator design. They tend to bloom and fade after about twenty minutes. Not only is there no known cure, one dedicated restorer going to the trouble of replicating the oscillator coil resulted in a brand new coil that does exactly the same thing. Don't shoot the messenger.
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I had okayed my repairman to order one of those replacements (many years ago now) which wasn't cheap, and was so disappointed when I got a call that it didn't work. I believe I was able to return it. My Philco was in real nice shape and I hated to part with it, but having a non-working set in the collection doesn't cut it with me. Glad to hear there's been ways worked-out to fix the problem now. Now if I only still had that set!