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vts1134 01-11-2016 12:38 PM

Where Do They Find These Things?
 
I've got to start looking in more barns :scratch2:!

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4sfisqkp.jpg

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4zibmqpw.jpg

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...psbtvpzsqc.jpg

Why can't I be that guy ^ :sigh:

Electronic M 01-11-2016 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vts1134 (Post 3153711)
Why can't I be that guy ^ :sigh:

That is what we're all thinking.

jr_tech 01-11-2016 02:46 PM

Yikes ! Is that an early RCA prototype?

jr

found it: http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_rr-359.html

David Roper 01-11-2016 03:20 PM

Yes, but is that a new find?

Phil Nelson 01-11-2016 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by vts1134 (Post 3153711)
Why can't I be that guy :sigh:

I think the key is to live in New Jersey.

Where did those photos come from, anyhow? I see that the "date taken" info on the first .JPG is 4/25/2015, suggesting that they're fairly recent.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

vts1134 01-11-2016 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson (Post 3153726)
I think the key is to live in New Jersey.

Where did those photos come from, anyhow? I see that the "date taken" info on the first .JPG is 4/25/2015, suggesting that they're fairly recent.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

New find last year. This is an instance when living in New Jersey would give you no advantage at all. This particular set is a TK -1 and was found 5,000 miles away in Russia.

decojoe67 01-11-2016 04:26 PM

That is mind-boggling find! For TV collectors like myself those "RR" series field-test televisions are the ultimate find. It's a piece of American television history. I would love to hear the whole story. So great it was unearthed before someone trashed it.

Polaraligned 01-11-2016 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by vts1134 (Post 3153728)
was found 5,000 miles away in Russia.

That is funny. The first thing I thought when I saw that guy is that he does not look American. Must be the cloths.

decojoe67 01-11-2016 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Polaraligned (Post 3153739)
That is funny. The first thing I thought when I saw that guy is that he does not look American. Must be the cloths.

Same here. I had a feeling it was Russian because some of these RCA's were sent there. They have Russian markings on them:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_rr-359_russia.html


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