The CTC-5 Made it to Germany already!

[yagosaga]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Yagosaga- Awwww, man, that's a nice picture !!! You've done an EXCELLENT job...Congrats are in order. I was a bit resentful at first that one of these guys had left the country, but now that I see how you've treated it, the "love" & respect you obviously show towards it, I don't think it could be in better hands.... My hat's off to you, sir !! -Sandy G.

Thank you very much for your friendly words. Yes, I love these old sets since decades. For me it is a honour to serve one of these treasures. We usually don't get no full tube color tv set here in Europe. The eldest sets are hybrid sets. And I remember when I was a pupil and later a student 25 years ago, I repaired many color tcv sets from the 1960s. Most of them had weak crt's, with bad red guns. I have learned to revival those sets without any brightener like you know in the U.S., alone by fine adjustment of color drive, screen background etc.. in this case here with the ctc-5, it is much easier. It's crt ist still strong. And the owners before did a good job with recapping and cleaning the chassis.
This is not the only ctc-5 here in Germany. A friend of mine has one (but not in working condition) and even a ct-100.

Originally Posted by Steve K

Wo ist Brunswick order ist das Braunschweig? ...Steve

It is Braunschweig, near Hanover. You can write in English to me. Deutsch is a terrible language (this already said Mark Twain). I can read English much better than write it.
When I come to America the next time I hope, I can visit the Early Television Foundation. (Some members of my family live in the french part of Canada.)