Rca 9t246
 

Just when I thought I had the TV addiction beat, This RCA came my way, Curses! I dusted off the tools and went to work on it. Simple re-capp, re-tube and a tweak on the sound IF to take off the buzz. Plays great and has a strong 10BP4, Got lucky. Now, where to put it.....
Jim

CR,

That set makes a nice picture! You can never have too many working round screen vintage TV's. Someday these are gonna be valuable. :) At least that's what I've been telling myself!

Rob

I found a spot for the RCA on top of my Zenith Radio/Phono. The console is from 1946 but who knows, This exact set up may have been used in 1949.
Jim

Wow. That console is really impressive!

Rob

Beautiful, both of them!

Yeah guys, It's a nice console and a great performer!
I logged about 16 hours restoring it. The console had acres of the dreaded rubber wire, I replaced all of it with cloth covered. The set also had 2 chassis to restore (Main and Power supply) not to mention the pre-amp for the phono. Even has FM band up to 108Khz that sounds great with terrific bass booming out of the 14 inch "Concert Speaker" It's nice to have a vintage 78 player for the old records and the Cobramatic changer is kinder to the records than most of that era. A great feature is the glow around the dial and of course the green tuning eye. The walnut cabinet is in excellent condition with only a few light scratches and the photo finish is perfect. I may even sell the console to get a few bucks for "Extravaganza" coming up next month in Lansing, MI. Haven't decided yet.

Jim

CR,

What is Extravaganza? If that console was in my house there's no-way I could bring myself to sell it.

Rob

Extravaganza is the big 3 day antique radio swap meet held in July every year. Hosted by the Michigan Antique Radio Club (M.A.R.C.) Great event and worth the trip if you're a collector.

Here's a link with more info: http://www.michiganantiqueradio.org/...travaganza.jsp

Jim

Jim,

Yeah, those vintage radio meets are great. I try to get to the big AWA meet in Rochester, NY every September but unfortunately was unable to attend last year. There's actually a bunch of us AK'ers planning to meet there this year. I sure hope I can go.

Rob

Jim,

I can sympathize with you on that rubber wire. I did a small Zenith radio/phono that took 8 hours to replace all the rubber wire, all I had to do was look at the stuff and it fell off the wire. I restored a RCA D22 that also had all rubber wire, 3 chassis and about 8 wire harnesses all had to be re-made. I ended up with 40 hours in it. Now I cringe when a Zenith or RCA comes in for repair.

The 246 looks great. It's to bad the tables aren't easy to find.

Chuck

Gorgeous!
 

Man! If I had that baby, I'd be polishing it every day!!! Jim, would you mind posting a picture of the radio section close up?

Wish I had something to add, besides "that radio is AWSOME".

Oh yeah.... My house has rubber coated wire. Yes, it does suck.

Thanks for requesting a close up photo Charlie,
I found a long lost flashlight in back of the cabinet! 11 tubes in the console: 9 radio, 1 phono and 1 tuning eye. I can also post the original brochure page if anyone is interested.
Jim

WOWWWWW!
 

Jim,

Words can't do that Zenith justice! I love the way that dial lights up! Is that a 6AL7 used for the tuning indicator? Haven't seen one of those since i was on my old ship. The WW2 RDF we had on the bridge used one of those. The 6AL7 indicator is a hell of a lot cheaper to buy than a 6U5/6E5.

BTW... your RCA looks really nice, too! Great picture on that set! :)

You are correct charlie, 6AL7 tuning eye. The console is Zenith model# 12H090

Here's the TV again.
Jim