RCA CTC? Table top with rolling cart

[freakaftr8]

Picking up this beauty on Sunday.

Very clean. And no cataract. Very odd. Time capsule like.

Any guesses on which model, chassis? Almost looks like a CTC-16 with those channel knobs to me, but the grey screen bezel is odd. Usually I thought it was green.

[old_coot88]

If it's amenable to being rolled around, it'd hafta have auto-degauss. That would make it a '16. The '15 has no auto-degauss, and would be losing purity every time it's rolled around, requiring a service call to degauss it.

[freakaftr8]

Originally Posted by old_coot88

If it's amenable to being rolled around, it'd hafta have auto-degauss. That would make it a '16. The '15 has no auto-degauss, and would be losing purity every time it's rolled around, requiring a service call to degauss it.

Good call! This will be my second CTC-16! My avatar is a snapshot of my first CTC-16.

[jr_tech]

Perhaps a 20?

jr

[freakaftr8]

Doug Harland drh4683 has a CTC-16 metal table top on his YouTube channel. It's a CTC-16.
Looks alot like this.

[freakaftr8]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Perhaps a 20?

jr

Looking at pictures of the 20, it's possible you are right it looks as if the 20 had the same knobs as the 16 and the placard on the top is more antiquated to a 20 ..

[Electronic M]

It's probably a 16...I don't recall seeing a 20 with a separate UHF tuning knob. CTC20s usually had the single knob tuner some later 16s had the single knob tuner too.

[etype2]

The UHF tuner was an option on my CTC-15E. Congress mandated UHF tuners be included on sets starting with the 1965 model year.

[damen]

If there are any photos of the back of the set you could tell the difference between a 16 and a 20 even with the back on. The 16 has a slide switch with a vertical opening for the peaking control, the 20 uses a round control shaft.

[julianburke]

Congress mandated UHF tuners be included in 1963, NOT 1965.

[Electronic M]

I thought it was June or July of 64' that the UHF mandate took effect on new sets...

[jr_tech]

April 30, 1964.

https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/O...tories/612.pdf

jr

[etype2]

Yup, and the 1965 model sets hit the dealer stores in fall of 64.

[freakaftr8]

That's right. In the 15, wasn't there a plug in the hole of the UHF tuner if it was optional?

[jr_tech]

I suspect that there were some late 64 sets with mandated UHF tuners, but indeed, all 1965 model year and later sets should be so equipped.

jr