RCA 721TS from ETF Convention

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Originally Posted by wiseguy

if the knob you need is the same as the 8ts30 then i have a few you can have.. the channel select has that brass pointer.. just let me know

Anyone who has been here a while may think this is de ja vous but I STILL need knobs for my 8T-243. I think a lot of different models and several years of these RCA sets used a lot of the same knobs. I have mentioned this for two years off and on and still have had no one produce any. I mainly need the fine tuner and I believe what is a channel sleeve which of course marks the channel being pointed to by the bakelite and brass pointer which I already have. I also have a couple of others.

I can get a similar set only a floor model with doors for $50 at a local flea market but I have limited space and am trying (its so hard to resist) not to clutter up my place any more than it already is with floor model sets. The set I mentioned is 100% complete with only a rough finish on top. The rest is primo. Looks ready to plug in and watch. I guess $50 is a fair price. Maybe cheap. Who knows? For now I would like to complete my existing RCA with some knobs. I will buy, or trade if anyone has seen my list of N.O.S. Flybacks and Yokes that I posted. I also have vintage N.O.S.Tubes. If you are ever in my area and I'll sell you a console 50's set or two cheap. If I make space I can buy new projects. One is a 58 Zenith Space Command (remote control). I recapped the blasted thing and ended up with the same set I started with. NON WORKING!!
Little or no vertical sweep and a hum for sound. Yes I know it sounds like a badly shorted cap or two but I tried all that and a bunch of resistors. Not a change from the way I brought it home. The weird thing is the set looked almost unused with little dust on a pristine chassis containing all original Zenith tubes. I wondered if the thing didnt have some uncommon problem when new and has been in storage somewhere for all these years.

Geez! I didnt mean to write a novel! Sorry for rambling.. If I said anything interesting drop me a line.