OK, I think I've just about nailed the biasing for my DG7-32 CRT, but the
Intensity control doesn't seem to have much of an effect on the brightness of
the trace.
  If I set it all the way to one end of its travel, I get an unfocussed
5mm-ish ragged elliptical spot on the screen that seems to fade (brightest at
the bottom left of the ellipse, darker towards the top right). At about
25%-100% position the brightness does vary but not by any perceptible amount.
There is no setting where the spot will extinguish completely.

Here's a schematic of the resistor chain as it is now:

             100k    120k        68k      220k    680k
-500V <<<---/\/\/---/\/\/---*---/\/\/----/\/\/---/\/\/----------------> 0V
              ^             |              ^
              |             |              |
              |             |              |
              |             |              |
          Vg1 (inten)   Vk (cathode)   Vg3 (focus)
       -522V to -465V     -396V        -366V to -276V

Anode (Vg2,g4) voltage: +243V

At one point I had a 47k pot between +240 and GND, with the wiper connected
to the CRT anode as a primitive "astigmatism" control. This has since been
removed because I thought it served no useful purpose. The anode is wired
straight to the +240 supply.

The voltage ranges were taken relative to 0V and were measured with the CRT
connected. They all appear to be within range of the figures in the CRT
datasheet...
The only thing I can think of is that it might be related to Vg3. The
datasheet says:
 Limiting Values (design center values)
 ======================================
  Vg3: Max 200V (note 4)
  Note 4: For calculation of the grid 3 potentiometer a grid 3 current of
          min. -15uA and max. +10uA must be taken into account.
  Note 5: Negative grid No.1 voltage for visual extinction of the focused
          spot.

 Max Circuit Values
 ==================
  RD: Max 5 M[ohms]
  Rg1: Max 0.5M[ohms]

Now based on my calculations, there should be 0.4mA available for that.
Here's what I did:
  G3 section: 68k + 220k + 680k = 968k
  Ig3 = 400V / 968000 Ohms = 0.413 mA

Can any CRT experts who might be lurking here please tell me what I'm doing
wrong?

Thanks.
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