RCA CTC51 14" color TV

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Recently, Audubon5425 gave me a circa '73-'74 14" RCA color portable, using the hybrid CTC51 chassis. It originally had no HV; but, the problem turned out to be dirty contacts on the HOT cathode fuse holder. The HV is back; but, there are several other problems to deal with. There are vertical height and linearity issues; which, are probably caused by bad caps. The sync is very touchy, the pots need cleaning, the focus is soft, the convergence is off, and there is a problem with the tint. When viewing a ballgame, I can get decent fleshtones; but, the grass on the field looks brownish. This set uses a low focus voltage CRT; and, I don't think these were too sharp to begin with and they tended to get worse with age. The camera battery is dead at the moment; but, I'll try to get a picture of the set up tomorrow.