Hi All A friend has acquired an old Goldstar OS 7020 dual channel CRT based 'scope, and I offered to check it out to see if it is all working. So, mostly it is fine except that the timebase wanders randomly, sometimes speeding up, sometimes slowing down. And it does this to the same degree in ALL timebase settings except the X-Y mode. I have the circuits, they come with the manual, and have scoped various points in the sweep generator circuit. When in X-Y mode the sweep gen is still active and is stable. There are at two main timing caps for the timebase depending on speed selected, but I have ruled these two out as the source of the problem as they're not used in all settings. There is also a little cap which must be part of the timing cct, but even if that was duff, why should it have a huge effect on the varying speed when in a slower setting as its capacitance would be dwarfed by the main timing cap.
So, I'm a little stuck. It is an easy unit to probe as it uses all conventional through-hole components and the sweep gen board is on the top when you remove the cover.
If anyone can give further clues that'd be great. Or if there are more relevant forums available to post to. Ta very much.