Beautiful - RCA Victor 621TS

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

It appears completely original.

The Tuner tubes are dated 3-43. The earliest 1946 tubes are dated 6-17. The 5U4 is missing.

The cad plated chassis is well preserved under all that dust.

All caps and resistors appear ex-factory.

Ever give a second thought about keeping it in its completely original condition? Relatively speaking "restored" "working" 621ts' are a dime a dozen, but examples as original as the one you currently have are probably quite rare, and getting rarer every day.

[ChuckA]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

It appears completely original.
The Tuner tubes are dated 3-43. The earliest 1946 tubes are dated 6-17. The 5U4 is missing.

RCA changed to a year-week code in 1946 so 6-17 is 17th week of 1946, if there is a dash it's an OEM tube, no dash it's a replacement tube.

Before that the code was a letter (Year) number (Month pair) combination, U=1937, F=1946; 1=Jan/Feb, 6=Nov/Dec, so 3-43 isn't an RCA date code.

In 1956 they changed again to the RMA-EIA code format YY-WW.

Chuck

[M3-SRT8]

The latest tubes are 6SN7s, all dated 6-30, with a dash. All the tubes have dashes.

I haven't ventured inside the HV cage yet.

Soooo...6-30 is Mid-August. The sound discriminator is a 6AT6. An early production 621TS. Say, September 1946?

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by Username1

So you think that is a low hour set, or NOS never really used....?

Looks low hour. And the latest tube date code is 6-30

Where is the date code on the CRT?

[M3-SRT8]

She's up and running. Has audio has a raster but looks like the horizontal frequency is off. I can't find the hor.frequency control like in my 630TS.

Anybody know...?

[M3-SRT8]

Here's a pic of it running.

[Eric H]

Not positive but I think this is the Horiz Osc coil.

[Nuke]

Should be on the base somewhere. I'd have to look at mine. This is a nice one. Bet you paid 4 figures. If not - what a deal.

[M3-SRT8]

Not.

[Sandy G]

You're doing the Right Thing... A set THAT good deserves a chance to "Live" again.... It will likely "Wow !" as many, if not MORE people now & in the future as it did in 1946...

[ChrisW6ATV]

Very nice acquisition, Lee. Since this is a walnut version, are the center trim pieces and left and right stripes lighter in color than the knobs? That seems to be the one way I can tell a walnut set from a mahogany one.

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

Very nice acquisition, Lee. Since this is a walnut version, are the center trim pieces and left and right stripes lighter in color than the knobs? That seems to be the one way I can tell a walnut set from a mahogany one.

They are about the same tone.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

They are about the same tone.

OK, so I cannot use that as a way to tell either. Well, maybe mine IS walnut, then. Every time I try to compare it to other sets I have or look at it in different light or a different angle, I see something that makes me not sure one way or the other. Thanks.

[TVTim]

Great find. Even 70 year old dust!

Can't wait to see photos of it up and running.

[M3-SRT8]

Oops. My error. The sound discriminator is a 6AT6. Original tube.