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Originally Posted by Analog Dave
Something I neglected to mention in my first post is that when the unit is first turned on from cold (after 24 hours of non use) I get a little activity from the first couple of settings on the time base control. This doesn't last more than 30 seconds. The dots will move across to the middle of the screen from the left and vanish. On the next setting it is faster and then nothing else happens. I am assuming that something is warming up and then failing. I have had this on my combo organ where a transistor will go out of tune after a couple of minutes.
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Don't be mislead by this - it might just be the effect of caps charging initially, rather than any real life in the timebase. Had you seen a few complete scans, that would be a different matter.