Conrac CYA 17" Color Monitor

[John Hafer]

Hello, I am trying to find out about the Conrac 17" Color Monitor (CYA 17) that came out in 1963. Unlike all the other color television monitors, whether consumer or broadcast that were 21" roundie sets, this monitor was a 17" rectangular unit that could fit into a broadcast rack unit.

I first saw one when I was on a television station tour at WHEN-TV ch. 5 in Syracuse, NY in the spring of 1963. Even though, this was a Conrac set, it was dressed with a RCA logo and was mounted in a rack as it monitored their RCA TK-26 color film camera.

Any one know who made the CRT since it was rectangular and not round as there were no consumer 17" color sets out in 1963?

Attached is an ad from a broadcast magazine from Nov. 1963.