Anyone good with electronics (TVs)?

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Back in the fifties if the old black-and-white started acting up, if the vertical hold spazzed out or whatever, the cure was to slam the side of the TV with the heel of your palm. The theory being that this would knock the dust off the vacuum tubes. Usually worked. Now back to our previously scheduled thread.

David,

You omitted the other key "fix" of those days. Pull off the tuner knob and spray it, and the contact points inside, with silicone spray. Some guys made a living cleaning contact points.

[barrysloate]

Maybe it was your cathode tubes.

[Leon]

We used to have to stand in different places with the little bat ear antennas...Sometimes we would wrap them in aluminum foil for better reception. I was going to suggest those things until Rob got his answer.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

David,

You omitted the other key "fix" of those days. Pull off the tuner knob and spray it, and the contact points inside, with silicone spray. Some guys made a living cleaning contact points.

My parents were low-tech types. The heel of the palm worked well on kids that acted up or otherwise spazzed out, too.

[GoldenAge50s]

Maybe it was your cathode tubes.

My Dr put in stents last yr & fixed mine!