I braved the heat and attended this year's ARCI Radiofest in Northwest IL. I ran into forum members Electronic M (Tom) and drh4863 (Doug) plus a few fest regulars. Also was recognized by a few folks from my YouTube channnel
I planned on going just to socialize and record some video, but ended up bring home some unexpected items. It's dangerous to be near the donation area when it all goes up for free
Out f the donation area I snagged:
Heathkit signal tracer model T-2,
Delmonico (JVC) portable TV,
Fairbanks Morris radio chassis and speaker from a custom install
Cornell Dubilier Capacitor Analyzer (no case)
RCA Radiola 60 Superhet with mostly globe tubes
General Electric TV Service course
Out of the swapfest I couldn't pass up on a cheap 1955 Ekco TC267/I British TV. 405 scan lines and runs on AC/DC 200-250 volts.
The cabinet needs a lot of help, but it's a very basic design. A few veneer patches, strip, brown tinted lacquer, clear coat, rub it out. Piece of cake
It's my first British or European set. Assuming I can get it running, I'll need a custom converter box to generate a compatible signal source.
It has a necked CRT unfortunately, but it's a very common 17" and 90 degrees. So, I'm thinking I can modify it to us a US CRT. A bigger issue might be the missing knob(s).
Here are some photos. I have not taken the back of the Ecko yet.
Does anyone know where I can get service info?
