ETV goodies ...

[cwmoser]

What goodies did you pick up at the Early Television Convention Auction?

I was not able to attend this year but last year I got some nice stuff.

Carl

[David Roper]

I didn't get any this weekend.

I also didn't bring back a single TV set.

But I did get good 7JP4, 10BP4 and lifetime supply of tubes for TV and AA5 IF strips all for $80.

[Electronic M]

I got a working GE Portacolor and a Zenith 25MC33 roundy with a good CRT and a HV problem.

Someone partially recaped the Zenith in the past, and it has good hum free sound. Every horizontal tube except the HV rect. and HV reg. was either weak(osc. tube), shorted(HOT and damper), or missing(focus rect). With new tubes it don't want to make more than 1KV of HV. It does not do any better with the horizontal plate drive signal from my B&K 1076 so I suspect the damper area is the problem. Wish I had a schematic for this set so I could troubleshoot the horizontal easier.

I also sold everything I brought...It surprisingly paid for everything I bought except for 3$ of LPs I'm over joyed that I effectively traded stuff I've lost interest in for stuff I want with a net reduction in physical volume of sets coming back home.

[Phil Nelson]

Didn't buy anything. TVs don't fit into an airline carry-on bag

After leaving, I wished that I had bid on one item in the silent auction -- a little Conrac/Fleetwood VHF TV tuner. That would have been small enough to smuggle home somehow, and I thought of a good use for it after the fact.

Oh, well -- always more fish in the sea!

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[rld-tv01]

I got a Saba german projection tv and a TelRent 10 inch rental tv missing the CRT and coin box for renting. Chuck A the seller of the Saba said he found a german schematic years ago but couldn't read german. He said he could make out the resister and capacitor values but couldn't remember if he changed them since it was so long and too many tvs ago.

Richard

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

I got a Saba german projection tv and a TelRent 10 inch rental tv missing the CRT and coin box for renting. Chuck A the seller of the Saba said he found a german schematic years ago but couldn't read german. He said he could make out the resister and capacitor values but couldn't remember if he changed them since it was so long and too many tvs ago.

Richard

The Tele-Rent set is a cute one. My wife almost bid against you on that one.

[DaveWM]

nice score on the PC and Zenith. I love porta colors these days, they have a very high WAF.

[snelson903]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I got a working GE Portacolor and a Zenith 25MC33 roundy with a good CRT and a HV problem.

Someone partially recaped the Zenith in the past, and it has good hum free sound. Every horizontal tube except the HV rect. and HV reg. was either weak(osc. tube), shorted(HOT and damper), or missing(focus rect). With new tubes it don't want to make more than 1KV of HV. It does not do any better with the horizontal plate drive signal from my B&K 1076 so I suspect the damper area is the problem. Wish I had a schematic for this set so I could troubleshoot the horizontal easier.

I also sold everything I brought...It surprisingly paid for everything I bought except for 3$ of LPs I'm over joyed that I effectively traded stuff I've lost interest in for stuff I want with a net reduction in physical volume of sets coming back home.

i have the same zenith ,it still needs some work but its the same everything. the sams is packet 757- 4 i just got one for mine ,after i replaced the crt connector and hor. plate cap wire i see it needs a complete recap. job.

[Electronic M]

Almost the same. Mine has the decorative indents in the wood in different spots, and two faux door pulls on the board below the CRT mask.

I was able to get a shrunken raster and 11KV of HV after replacing several shorted and open caps in the horizontal section. Including at least one shorted orange drop(now I've seen everything)!

[mpatoray]

No TV's for me, but did get 2 radios a Sony ICF-2001 and a Westinghouse WR-272, which I will probably make into a "Tuesday afternoon" restoration.

I also picked up a portable video setup form the 70's, this was arranged a few months ago and just transported for me, included a Panasonic portable EIAJ recorder, 2 Vidicon cameras a "hip switcher" and a bunch of accessories in a big black case.

Also got a Jackson 648 tube tester.

[Boobtubeman]

I got a rock.......


SR

[snelson903]

Originally Posted by Boobtubeman

I got a rock.......


SR

thats too funny [ i got a rock ] i havent hurd that in yrs.

[TV-collector]

Hi,

As I remember right, I have a US-schematic for the Saba projection TV and many more informations.
I am short in time in the moment, but send me your email by PM, I shall send you time by time free informations!

Best regards,

TV-Collector

[mstaton]

Looks like a RCA(made) CRT in that Zenith

[Electronic M]

Yeah that is what I'm guessing. I'm dreading the cateracting procedure that will come after I get the electronics fixed. Last RCA type tube I decated was my first decat procedure and did not end well...Even if I hadn't made the mistake of putting the hot tube in cold water which cracked the face(killing the tube), the mistakes I made that came before that left me with the unpleasant prospect of chipping off the lense.

Once I get around to the decat I hope all the mistakes I made before will prevent me from having any this time around.