[Steve D.]

Visited Steve K. yesterday. I was thrilled to see the 22" Westy in person. Steve K. has done a terrific job of restoring this set to working condition. While several problems such as a fussy tuner and some edge purity issues remain, I'm sure these will be corrected very soon. The turner may need alignment and the purity problem will probably go away when a complete setup is done as a final step in the process. I'm sure the purity will need futher adjustment after the set is transported back to the owner's home. The color is vibrant, especially the red, which appears to be a true red to my eye. The set produces a bright picture with good convergence from center to the edge of the screen. The convergence will also require slight tweaking in final setup. Even from a viewing distance of four feet small text was easily readable on the screen. It was as good an image, if not better, then I have seen on many 50's era 21" roundies at this stage of restoration. Watching color on the rectangular, much like a b&w 50's era shaped screen, was a bit strange at first. The full image is seen and even with the mask in place, none of the screen is cut off as with the roundie.
The chassis is sensibly designed with easy access to most componets and tubes and fully labeled, finger turned, no tools, service controls via a removable side panel. And, with the picture tube and chassis combined as one unit, when removed from the cabinet, there are no extension cables required to adjust or service any functions. The cabinet reminded me of RCA's entry level CTC-5 "Aldrich" model, perhaps slightly larger, Pretty much a vinyl clad Mahogany box with very little to set it apart from it's b&w cousins. As noted in other posts, no color logos or script indicating "color" on the front of the set. All in all a remarkable find and a great working example of this receiver. Hopefully, jr. will have the same good results with his 22" Westinghouse color. Thanks Steve K. for inviting me over.

-Steve D.