An Interesting Hoard of TV's on Epay

[Penthode]

I see someone in Florida selling off 5 sets, all interesting. There are two color sets (one a CTC5 Deluxe) an Admiral 16" Roundie B&W, an RCA mini and a Silverstone standard B&W.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-5-Vin...item2a2428e2d5

Are these anyone's on this list?

[ctc17]

A few of us had a running bet on how long it would take for someone to make this public. It didnt take long for the hero to emerge

[Kamakiri]

It's on mine now.....I have relations down thar

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

It's on mine now.....I have relations down thar

Its sad seeing people get rid of these beautiful sets ONLY TO REPLACE THEM MOST LIKELY WITH THIS NEW GARBAGE!!

Sad

[Combwork]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Its sad seeing people get rid of these beautiful sets ONLY TO REPLACE THEM MOST LIKELY WITH THIS NEW GARBAGE!!

Sad

True enough. But how many people on here collect old but for day to day use, watch new?

[ctc17]

Does someone step up and get these to come forward here and share with us?

I have a feeling by the way the bidding went down they DID NOT go to a collector/restorer.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Combwork

True enough. But how many people on here collect old but for day to day use, watch new?

If they are like me THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO KEEP WHAT THEY HAVE which is much better!!!

I cant stand this new garbage,its ugly/horrible... Doesnt sound/look as good,etc.......


Its very sad whats happend over the last 20 years or so.. TO NEARLY EVERYTHING

[zenithfan1]

That "Asbury" CTC5 sure is pretty! I like the 15 too, go get 'em Tim!

[StellarTV]

Wow, the CTC5 is amazing... a bit out of my reach but no doubt a determined new caretaker waits in the wings.

[Jeffhs]

The CRT on the RCA New Vista set looks like it has at least the beginnings of a cataract, unless that's just a lot of dirt between the tube itself and the safety glass. I can't tell just from looking at the picture.

BTW, this set's front panel layout, except for the channel selector, looks to me a lot like the control panel of an RCA CTC12 clone I had in the 1970s. Mine was branded Silvertone (Sears), was VHF only like this one, and did in fact have a hole in the tuner mounting bracket, supposedly for an optional UHF tuner. The knockout plug on the front panel of the NV set, however, is a dead giveaway that the TV was "future proof" (for the time, 1960s), in that a UHF adapter kit could be installed at any time -- when the first UHF television station(s) arrived in the owner's area, for example.

For some reason, I have always had (and still have to this day) a liking for vintage VHF-only TVs, with or without the UHF knockout plug on the control panel. This is probably because when I was growing up in suburban Cleveland, there were only three VHF stations, for the three (at the time, again 1960s) major networks -- NBC, ABC, CBS. The first UHF station in Cleveland signed on in 1965. It was a low-power (one megawatt ERP, IIRC) station on channel 25 that didn't reach my home town worth a darn , unless a good outdoor antenna was used.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

The first UHF station in Cleveland signed on in 1965. It was a low-power (one megawatt ERP, IIRC) station on channel 25 that didn't reach my home town worth a darn , unless a good outdoor antenna was used.

One Mega-Watt would be equal to 1000KW twice what even WLW (the most powerful AM station ever) put out during it's prime....I believe you are thinking of a mili-Watt as the unit....though that seems kind of small even for low-power commercial broadcast.

[W3XWT]

[QUOTE=Electronic M;3051374]One Mega-Watt would be equal to 1000KW twice what even WLW (the most powerful AM station ever) put out during it's prime....

When I lived in Wien, our two AM's had their rigs in Bisamberg. The one on 585 KHz ran 600KW day, 240 KW night, while the one on 1476 KHz ran 600KW fulltime. I understand there's a 2 MW rig on 1522KHz in Saudi Arabia that can be heard around local sunset on the least coast with at least a 2KHz het on the station in Buffalo...

When I was a kid, KCST-39 in San Diego was running 4,250,000 watts visual ERP while several analog UHF's did run the FCC's old max of 5 megawatts visual ERP.

The 1 megawatt FCC max on DTV at UHF is one of the reasons ATSC doesn't work, IMHO.

[Eric H]

I love the cabinet on that 5!

[snelson903]

wow,wonder where they have been stored,you florida members dont let these slip by. or is it time to call u-ship and get roy ! LOL

[magnasonic66]

That's a nice group of sets. I love that Danish console, and the RCA Victor mini tv. I've always wanted one.

We had a beautiful Philco console with Cool-Chassis, daddy bought the UHF adaptor when UHF came to St. Lucie County in 1965. I saw either our set or an identical one in the Salvation Army about ten years after we got rid of it.