[joeseattle70]

On Tuesday, I got the 1971 RCA CTC-44A chassis console tv back. YEAH! It was determined that the picture tube had a short, which ultimately went through and nailed the high voltage (PW400 board), and cooked up a lot of the capacitors, etc. on the video and chroma boards. I was able to get a new-rebuilt tube for it, and was able to find a NOS PW400 board online. The awesome technician (owner) of the TV repair company in Seattle worked some miracles, let me tell you. You should see the picture now - very impressive. Too bad Comcast cable, even with the higher end converter box doesn't have as good of a picture as before HDTV took over, but with a DVD or VCR it rocks. We also got a NOS Q102 audio driver for it and the sound is amazing.

I sure have appreciated the help and advice along this 6 month journey. Just wanted to let everyone know it's working beautifully. THe majority of the set has been gone through (the following has been done: convergence board rebuilt, video board rebuilt, chroma board rebuilt, new High Voltage board (PW 400), tuner rebuilt, freshly rebuilt tube with correct greenish/grey glass). So hopefully it will be good to go for some time.