Hello
I am at a standstill with figuring out why the CRT of my 2465A is blurry and won't focus.
I purchased this unit from Government Planet last summer with the idea that I would probably have to troubleshoot it. I turned it on and it made a screeching sound and had no display. I thought the sound was coming from the fan but no it was the high voltage board. Checked the voltages on J119 and they were all good with the exception of the -15V rail which had high ripple. Decided to recap the LVPS with a kit from Condor Audio. This fixed the -15V rail. Turned it on and there was a blurry dispay but intermittent screeching from the high voltage board. Looked closer at this and discovered that the ceramic of T1970 was cracked in several places. Purchased a new high voltage board from QService and installed it. Now no screeching but the display remains blurry with the Read Out letters wider and taller than they should be and the same for the traces. I have uploaded 2 pictures to the file Amberwave 2465a that shows what I'm talking about. I checked voltages to the CRT socket at pins 8(31V), 12(-108V to -186V) and 13(-192V to -224V) and they look reasonable. DAC reference is right at 10V. When I input a signal into the scope I can just make out that it is a sign wave.
I just don't know where to go from here. I have invested a lot of time and dollars in this scope to just give up. It would seem that this isn't a HV board issue as both boards gave a blurry image. Could this be the CRT tube itself or one of the IC's? I would really appreciate some guidance on where to go from here from someone more experienced with these scopes than me
Rusty Hilliard
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