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Originally Posted by ha1156w
I've seen a couple of these locally on ebay in the radio/phono/tv combo cabinets. I understand there is a model of the porthole sets to avoid due to the leaky CRT that is unobtanium. Can anyone fill in the missing info? I've always wanted one but hesitant should I end up with an unrestorable variation.
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That model uses the metal 16EP4, and they are very scarce. I would bring your tube checker with you before you bid. If you are really ambitious, 16DP4 glass tubes are available, but you will have interference & mounting issues to work out. Metal 16AP4 will work electrically, but is physically longer. Metal 16GP4 is physically shorter, but electrically requires +10 degrees additional deflection. That set might not be able to fill the entire screen.