The simple things
 

Shortly after having my CT-100 restored, I had what I thought were tuner problems. At the very least reception problems. The set is connected to my local cable system. There was noise on all channels (2-13) and complete signal break up on some. I changed out the coax to no avail. I then changed out all the tuner section tubes with nos. Still no fix. I finaly sprayed the parts of the tuner I could reach with contact cleaner.No improvement. I flirted with turning the slugs on the tuner but thought this was a bad idea. Today I pulled the chassis and pried the removable cover off revealing the tuning drum. I took some fine steel wool and cleaned the brass contacts (6 on each channel strip).Then re-sprayed with contact cleaner. After reassembly and powering up, the picture never looked better, the color is more vivid:cool: And SNOW FREE on all channels.

Thanks for the tip Steve. I've had tuner problems for a while now with my CT-100 and also replaced the tubes which did not help. I had the tuner rebuild many years ago by PTS but it may be time to pull the chassis again and clean those contacts. Now I know what to do on my next trip to Wisconsin!

Steve K

ctc-100 and improving tuner
 

hi guys,one thing i did to my ct-100 was unplug the 300ohm antenna connector directly from tuner and unsoldered the twinlead,i then soldered in the connector (the 2 pin connector that plugs directly into the tuner top) a 75-300ohm matching x-former making sure the 300ohm part was as short as possible,then plugged it back into the tuner,i then made up a short piece of RG-6 coax to go from the tuner to the rear of the set,then attached that to my in house rf system to the wall plate.
as you can see from previous pics it plays fantastic,that short piece of twin lead used back then can really add noise.for cosmetic purposes i left the old twin lead there so that if i ever decide to change it back it could be done real easy.
terry

Tuner tips
 

Thanks Terry,
Good tip and easy to do.

Don't forget, Steve D., you promised to leave your sets to me (and nothing to Steve K.) :D

I'll do the same for you!

Hey Steve,
If that offer includes your virgin Packard-Bell......Nah! I still wish you a long and happy life:p:

Terry:

Thank you for your tip as well. I will be in Wisconsin for a few days in May and can take care of that then.

Steve Hoffman:

You can have Steve's CT-100 but I get the Wingate and the Capehart. Sorry Steve D, I hope you have a long and happy life too!

Steve K

PS. Steve McVoy, we need to hear from another Steve here :)

the steve's
 

my middle name is .... yes STEVEN.. weird huh..?:)
terry

Steve is a great name, what can I say? :cool:

So many Steves, so few sets. Anyway before we
get totally off topic here and Rob has to break up this love fest. I hope everyone lives long and prospers.:o

Well, with all the radiation coming from these sets, let's move back about 5 feet! :)

steve here
 

i used to be called stevie when i was little. i hated that.
steve