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When I was a kid my dad conned my mom into buying a Ctc-7. He told her that if he was going to fix these "new" color set he had to have one to practice on. That was about 1959(I was 3 at the time my older brother pass this little story to me this passed Sept.at mom's funeral she was 81) I don't know which model is was, It was a table top set in a large metal blond cabinet. I count myself very fortunate to have had a color tv when I was growing up. Are family was just a regular working class folks so this was a big deal for us.
In the late '60s we bit the bullet and replaced the crt in it. A few years later we replaced it with a Sony Trinitron. I remember you had to clean up inside of the hv cage or it would arc and spark. One time the wiring from the convergence board got tangled up with the 5U4's which caused odor and a rewiring job. But I think the favorite problem it had was it uses a 6AQ5 for the vertical output. That little tube would run so hot that it would soften the solder connection on the circuit board that the vertical would collapse. It took dad a while to figure that one out.
The rest of the story is that in the late '70 the set was still going strong. Years back dad mounted a small uhf tuner just behind the channel knob. But eventually it ended up in the garage. I knew a newly married couple that didn't have a set so I gave it to them.
It's been fun reminiscing.I know I'll do a magnificent job on them both!!You've got a great head start as there in great shape to start with. Love your remote control Philco!
Terry
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