richg99 said:Ha....as a 17 year old, I made a few bucks doing exactly that. Taking tubes to the corner store, testing them, and replacing the bad ones. When I went big time, I bought my OWN tester!
And the worst thing you could hear was that your picture tube was a goner. That was the kiss of death. Haha.
We had one of those antenna masts on the roof. There was a dial on the top of the TV to reposition the antenna for best reception. We touched it at our peril. Then there was this whole VHF & UHF thing. I think we got mostly VHF channels.