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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
My best guess, however, is that these late '50s sets with UHF tuners sold very well in UHF-only markets such as Scranton, Pennsylvania, Youngstown, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fresno, California, et al.
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I'm from and currently live in the Scranton-Wilkes Barre area, and the only VHF station that we had was W07BV, which was a low power EWTN affiliate, and I don't believe is broadcasting anymore. Our NBC and CBS affiliate broadcast on RF channels 13 and 11 now, but before the analog switchover it was all UHF except for W07BV which is on channel 7.
And the goop is putty-like in consistency, leaking out of the same hole that the wires come out of on the power transformer. It's not really "leaking" but seeping out ever so slowly. Some of it is running down the safety glass, and takes days for it to move a half an inch. It seeped out because the chassis was horizontal, not vertical. It's a tan color. I have no idea what could remove it. The power transformer still works fine. I can't peel it off because it's very sticky, and like a putty.
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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson
Are you sure about that? My two CTC-11s are full of "maroon drop" caps that look like newer Mylar "orange drops" except for the brownish maroon color. I replaced the electrolytics but left the maroon drops in place, and both sets play fine.
I don't know exactly when they started using Mylar caps. Anyhow, you might want to check a couple of those maroon guys before you shotgun all of 'em.
Phil Nelson
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RCA parts list says they are indeed paper. I thought they were ceramic until I cracked one open. They look like paper with the silver foil. Since audio worked on the chassis, I'm willing to bet a lot of them are still good. I doubt they are mylar. Attached is a few pictures of one broken open, though a bit blurry.