National/Panasonic CT-101 Kutztown

[Dave A]

I found this set at Kutztown in the overflow pavillion for $80. It is a National early variant of the Panasonic CT-101 1.5" called a TR-101CT. It is in a National box (a bit tatty) and sold in Japan and brought here. The seller said it was his sons set. Very clean and no magnifier as it was an option. The manual is Japanese and the date code on the set is Dec, 7, 1983. The VHF and UHF tuner is way off. At my ballpark I did get an RF at way below the UHF 60+ I was checking The video in is perfect with the factory adaptor.

Power up gave a bad pic. No green. I did a CRT swap with a good CRT I had on the shelf from a destroyed Panasonic version. Andy Cuffee helped with scans of the set and scans of the CRT setup. All was well and all was easy. The CRT drops in with a few shims and the yoke and HV connector. I did a Beltron check on the bad CRT with clips on clips in a curious G1 to H connection. All good. Maybe a dirty connection on the old CRT but it did not matter. A good CRT was in and I have a spare.

A look through a worldwideinternetweb search showed one entry for this particular Japanese version and it is not helpful:

http://translate.google.com/translat...AG_enUS459US45

And stay tuned for a few photos of a RCA TM-15 monitor that passed through Kutztown. Pre-sold.