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I was plagued with a strong vertical bar in the center of the screen which I believe is referred to as a "drive line"
This sounds like a Barkhausen oscillation in the HOT. I have seen ION traps installed on the HO tube and rotated until the vertical line disappears to cure this problem.
Hope someone else can chime in with more details...