Wanted, Vintage color TV Repair in Phoenix area
 

Can anyone recommend a good Technician in the Phoenix area to repair a RCA CTC15E color set?

I'm answering my own question. Found a retired gentleman who had a TV repair shop in Phoenix for 60 years. Spoke with him and he said he worked on many CTC-15's. He is coming out to my place to take a look. I may have an alignment problem.

If you could, find out if he does video game CRT degaussing. Friend of mine in Surprise just got a Galaga, and the red purity is off.....

Did he by chance mention the name of his shop? I worked a couple of years in Phoenix ('67-'69) and was familiar with most of the shops.

You can use a solder gun to degauss a CRT, just hold the trigger and wave the back of the gun close to the affected area, and in a circuluar motion slowly move it away from the screen.

I've also found that purity issues can be caused by where in the room the game is placed, near speakers or large metal ducts/registers.

If the deguassing doesn't work I once had a pacman where I had to adjust the purity rings to fix the issue. Just be sure to mark them first ;)

There's a place in the southern part of Phoenix that does vintage stereo repair, and I think he'll do TVs as well:

http://www.godarusa.com

He advertises in CL occasionally.

I will ask him.

All I know is his name is Frank. I forgot to ask what his shop name was. I was referred to him by Melrose TV.

I know him. Had a Sony set worked on by him. I never asked, not sure if he does house calls. The set is a console, weighs at least 200lbs and its on the second floor.

Frank, the guy that is coming over thinks I may have an alignment issue. The symptom is when I tune to the optimum point, the color shifts back and forth to green cast and normal. If I tune clockwise well past the optimum tuning point the color is stable, but then the image is dull and not focused properly.

Any chance you could share the contact information on "Frank"?

I have a couple of old TVs in the Phoenix area, and I've been looking for anyone who repairs them, in the hope that they might want to buy them, even for a pittance, for parts.

I was thinking maybe someone like Frank could use them.

what is odd is most of my tuners if you tune too far clockwise you get sound bars and then lose sync and pic. Too far CCW and you lose color and detail.

you sure you are on the right channel?