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Old 06-26-2011, 07:50 AM
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Won an imported 1940s Andrea TV on Aussie Ebay! :D

G'day all.

I have just won myself a modified late 40s US imported Andrea 12" B&W TV set on Aussie Ebay :
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/320715826544

This set was imported into Australia in the late 1940s and has been modified and used around that time for training purposes. It's not clear what model this set is due to it not having an enclosure but it looks close to a 1947 Andrea T-VJ12 http://www.earlytelevision.org/andrea_t-vj12.html . So this set probably dates around the 1947/48 period and we didn't get B&W telly till 1956! The set does not have it's original TV CRT but instead has had it replaced with a WW2 VCR140 radar type CRT which gives yellowish green pictures as stated in the description of the auction, also as part of the package is a spare VCR140 CRT. If anyone can identify the model of this TV based on the pictures it would be much appreciated.

The seller of the set is my mate John who lives in the Blue Mountains and has over 200 vintage TVs (probably the largest collection in Australia) and has a website http://cool386.tripod.com/ , I have made videos of his vintage TVs when I visited him in April and have featured them here http://www.troysvintagevideo.741.com/johntvs.html .

I am going to pick up this TV tomorrow when I go up to Sydney and I am very excited, my mother's probably gonna kill me though as I'm bringing more clutter into the house lol. I am also going to be picking up a RCA TK-760 plumbicon tube colour camera tomorrow too from another place, so two wonderful surprises coming my way!!!

I of course endeavor to get this TV set working, my knowledge of TV repair is currently in it's infancy compared to a lot of the members here but gradually evolving as I'm learning. Either way I am going to preserve this TV as I treasure it as an important part of Australian TV history and I am privileged to be the new owner of it!!! It's quite amazing to what has been imported to Australia, we have imported TV/camera/video gear from all corners of the globe and this kind of stuff is starting to come to the surface!

I will keep you all updated with this TV.
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