I have just had a mint condition T-103 as a gift: as all tv has switched to digital, few enthusiast want to mess up with VHF modulators.
I think it's a very rare set to find in Italy: actually I've been told that it belonged to a wealthy US family living in Milan.
In 1956 few people owned a TV, (they costed like 5-6 month wages) and no one was already caring for a kitchen - or holiday house - set.
The body is near perfect, inside is very clean. I've been told that it works, but I want to check it for leakages first, using a variac and isolation transformer.
Export sets like this have an additional auto-transformer to adapt to different line voltages, 220 included. And of course they are tuned to the 625 lines - 5.5 MHz intercarrier used here.
I have a schematic but not the SAM's service manual ...
Thanks for all the advice on this thread, I hope to begin working on it soon !
