My First Color TV! (RCA CT-100)

[Electronic M]

I think CT-100 could probably easily drive a ~13" inline gun CRT and look good. There were test jigs that could support the CTC-2 that had similar CRTs. It would be a matter of impedance matching the yoke, and selecting a CRT with a compatible specs gun bias, HV and size wise. One could get an appropriate mask off a monochrome set (there are some that are dead ringers for the internal 15GP22 mask) and select an inline gun that would fit inside the factory mounts and fill the added mask. It would be a lot of work to make such a modification in a reversible manner, but I'm convinced it is possible. Given the time and money many collectors have spent on rebuild work for only glimpses of shaky success, I feel this is probably much less difficult of an undertaking to the right people.

If I had a $200 15GP22 based set with a bad or missing CRT you can bet that would be my course of action till a better alternative became feasible.