Early Motorola Color TV on Chicago CL
 

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/atq/1466237734.html

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Wonder if that's a 15" or 19" set ? Me likey...

Sure looks like a 15GP22.

Easy to say when it's 60 degrees in November :D
Not so much fun in January http://www.jawaspot.com/smilies/cold.gif

It's a 15"er.

Just...WOW.

I've never dabbled in color, but what the heck - I threw them an offer. We'll see what happens :)

Wow... the first Moto color set! Man these sets are simply coming out of the woodwork lately, aren't they!?

Hope ya get it !

Holy Moses! I didn't know such a thing existed any more - hope you get it.

Good luck color is FUN

Thank you! You saved me from myself. I was starting to consider it. I hope you're able to get it.

Actually, what I think it is that I'd like to find some day is a CTC-9. I'm not sure. My OIC gave me his set in about 1972. It was pretty old at that time and he was tired of getting it repaired. Except for needing manual degaussing, it ran for along time after I fixed it. When I left the AF my dad sold it while I was in college.

About all I can remember of it now is that the tuner knob was on the side of the chassis and that the HV cage was on the right as you looked at it from the rear. That I'm sure of because I managed to receive a series of pinhole burns in my hand when I accidentally brushed against the cap of the HOT while repairing it once at my OIC's place.

John

Wow, didnt expect one of those to ever show up around here. Is that John Marinellos TV? He's the only TV guy in naperville as it sounds like the guy knows what he has.

I don't think I've ever seen a 15" version! I've had the 19" and factory retrofit 21" versions. NICE! I say it goes $3000+.

Charles

That wouldn't surprize me if it was being auctioned. Not so sure about what it'll go for on craigslist.

John

There's one here... http://www.earlytelevision.org/15_inch_color.html

Don't think we've seen any pop up for sale in the past several years. These would be quite rare.

I'm surprised it went on CL instead of ebay. Almost makes me think someone just found it in an old house and think they can get a few bucks for it. Seems if the owner really knew what he had, it would have gone on ebay. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd certainly use ebay over CL if I had a high dollar item to sell.

Sold American
 

I could not resist. Back in the 50's the American Tobaco company had a comercial that showed tobaco buyers walking down the rows of tobaco to be auctioned and when the buyer for American Tobaco would buy pile of tobaco he would yell out " Sold American"

So here I am again, telling you the Moto is..... "Sold American" , to this American who lives in Milwaukee.

What a very interesting weekend. First the NOS 15GP22 and now a 15 inch Moto with a good 15G. At this rate I will die pennyless with lots of old tv sets. :banana:

My heartfelt thanks to John Marinello who went over to the sellers home and scoped out the set for me. And after I struck a deal over the phone, John gave the seller a cash deposit to seal the deal. Steak dinner comming your way John!

Crt is GOOD as gold. The set was purchased NEW by the seller's father-in-law It was sitting in the garage of the seller for the past 8 years. John says it's in fairly nice condition and should clean up nicely.

The seller is a very tallented mural artist. His name is Ken Markiewicz. Here is a link to his web site. This guy has a very special tallent.

http://kensbest.com/index.html

Photos to follow tomorrow after I pick it up.

FYI: I guess John Folsom thought he was buying stereo speakers when he got these. He calls them the twins.

Wow! Congratulations Bob! It's gonna be hard to find a rarer set. I can't wait to see more pics.

Glad you were able to save it Bob! Glad someone on the forum got it, look forward to hearing more about it.

Never saw a schematic for the 15 inch Motorola. Anyone know what it used for chroma demodulation, IQ or narrow band?
Kevin

I have the genuine Moto schematics for all of their roundies (including this 15" set) and a few rectangulars. They all came in a big hardback binder notebook. I'll have to dig around and see if I have them here. They might be in storage with the rest of my sets.

Thanks Charlie. It will be interesting to find out, given Motorola's later demod circuits.
Kevin

I am gobsmacked by the fact that there are now several of these 15" Moto consoles accounted for, yet only one (definitely), maybe two of the 19CK1 console known to exist despite the latter being in the Motorola catalog for an extended period.

WAs out digging in the garage... can't find them. They're in storage 20 miles down the street, and won't be able to go get them. I'm leaving at 0200 to go catch a ship (oh geez and I still have stuff to do). I'll have to wait till I get back from sea. Sorrry. :(

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Aw nuts! I never even heard back from the seller :(

Kevin, The TS-900 chassis used R-Y/B-Y (narrowband) demodulation. The set is very similar to the 19" TS-902 chassis.

Thanks John. That's what I thought. If Motorola could save a buck they did. Can't blame them for seeking a workable price point, I suppose.
Kevin

Hey John, Do the TS-900 and TS-902 chassis look the same too?

Almost exactly the same.
Left, TS-900 (mine), Right, TS-902 (ebay photo). Don't seem to have a good photo of my TS902.

Cool! Thanks John. I kinda figured they would look similar but I've never seen a 15" Moto in person yet.