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The channel indicator on this set certainly is unique, as there doesn't seem to be a VHF channel selector--just the UHF one. Does the VHF window show in place of the UHF dial scale when the set is tuned to a VHF channel? I can think of another arrangement whereby the VHF channels are projected to the center of the channel selector knob (like many Zeniths of the '60s). A switch on the back of the tuner would shut off this pilot light and illuminate the UHF slide-rule dial when the VHF tuner was set to the UHF position. Another possibility is that this set was intentionally designed to receive only UHF stations, for use in newer cities such as Youngstown, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana, et al. that have no local VHF channels.
BTW, the cataract on this set's CRT looks terrible. I bet the safety glass would fall off the front of the tube if one sneezed on it.
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Jeff, WB8NHV
Collecting, restoring and enjoying vintage Zenith radios since 2002
Zenith. Gone, but not forgotten.
Last edited by Jeffhs; 04-18-2010 at 08:15 PM.
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