Setchell Carlson Model 150

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Freudian slip? I thought that town was New Brighton

My bad, thanks for the correction.

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

I am curious about that modular design. Is this a hybrid set? My cash-strapped local library cancelled its Sams subscription, so I can no longer download free Sams manuals just for leisure time reading.

Phil Nelson

Not sure what you mean by hybrid? This one has AM radio, with an open space for a phono option.

Couple pictures of the front. Not really much of a looker, but not too ugly. I do have an original SAMS coming for it.

[Phil Nelson]

By hybrid, I meant a combination of solid state and tubes. Looking at your latest photos and guessing the age, I suppose it's basically a tube TV. I associate this level of modular design -- everything divided into replaceable chunks -- with newer solid state stuff, but what do I know? It would be interesting to see how they divvied everything up into those boxes, anyhow.

Phil Nelson

[Kevin Kuehn]

I think this set dates to 1950-51 with a 17BP4 CRT. It's in SAMS folder 144, so where does that put it?

I'd rather think the modular design was the outcome of SC doing war contract work, but that's just a guess. Even my portable P65 from 1959 is modular, but not the extent of this set. On this set even the power transformer, choke and rectifier are built on one plug in module.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Here's what the power supply module looks like removed from the chassis. Suspicious how those two red transformer wires have been snipped from their respective connector terminals.

I Just noticed I'm about to run out of attachment space. 18.22M out of 20M available