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10-21-2015, 11:24 PM
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Craigslist Pilot TV
I just got this Pilot 3" set from a very cool CL seller in Los Angeles, he was coming this way so he delivered it!
He mentioned it came from a big collectors estate and when he mentioned the guy was a big TV Camera collector I knew it had to be Ed Reitan, so this set was part of his collection. It's in beautiful condition, of the three I now have this is the nicest, it also has a working CRT which the other two do not (or at least they're so dim as to be unusable), it's not super bright but it looks watchable, the set is also humming pretty bad so it probably has bad filters and low B+ so it might be brighter when its working properly. There was a file card in the case with some history, I am guessing it was written by Mr Reitan when he got the set but don't know that for sure. 
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10-22-2015, 02:59 PM
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Nice find! I dont think any of my 1978 "restorations" work to well either
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10-22-2015, 07:37 PM
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That ad is the stuff that TV collectors dreams are made from! If the seller would've done a little quick Net research he would've learned that the CRT alone is worth twice that price. The set, in the excellent condition that it is, with the case and original CRT, is worth a solid $350.
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10-22-2015, 07:55 PM
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My other set is recapped and was working other than a tube so dim you could only see it with the lights out, I will probably stick this tube in that set to see how well it really works. He also gave me an ESI Impedance Bridge, it's old enough to have an eye tube but I have no idea what it's for. He also offered me a full set of Riders Manuals (TV I presume) but I turned them down, I already have the essential TV Riders and don't use them, they take up a huge amount of space.
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10-22-2015, 08:23 PM
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Too bad he ain't local. I'd not have turned down those free riders in your shoes, and I don't have shipping money or space presently to try for them.
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10-22-2015, 08:48 PM
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10-22-2015, 09:13 PM
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My l'il Pilot LOOKS almost as purty as this one-I got it about 15-20 yrs ago when Epay was still CRAWLIN' w/Pilots.. Mine hads the green CRT, but back in the Analog days, it picked up WSJK TV Channel 2 PBS, right down the road from me GREAT ! Wonder how many Pilots were made & sold back then ? Still say you AIN'T a real Old TV guy til you have one... (grin)
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10-23-2015, 04:30 AM
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10-23-2015, 10:20 AM
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IIRC it was one of if not the cheapest TV on the market then. If you did not have deep pockets or wanted to see what 'this new TV thing' was with minimal investment it was a good choice then.
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