National TV-7W

[bandersen]

Thanks for the info. I'm sure I can dig up a chicken head knob.

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

I was thinking you could get knobs off an old National TV signal booster but it appears they only have one knob. You could use that knob to make your own. Sometimes you can get these boostewrs cheap on eBay for $5-$10. http://tv-boxes.com/boosters/natl-tvb2.jpg

Good idea, I'll keep a look out for one.

[Tim]

It is not really a generic chicken head. Here is a photo of the one from my channel 1 set.

[TV'S&MORE]

Originally Posted by Tim

It is not really a generic chicken head. Here is a photo of the one from my channel 1 set.

Tim you are correct in your responce. I should have been more specific about the chicken head knob. I just learned how to post photos today. Here is a photo of mine

[bandersen]

Thanks for the great closeup photos. I'll dig through my stash and see what I can find.

[snelson903]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Very nice

I think my favorite 7" is the Airline 94GSE31088, but then I've never owned one and probably never will.

about 2 months ago i was looking around on craigslist like i do everyday when i check my email ,and i seen a lady with a airline like that one for sale . her son couldnt make it work so he took a 80's model tv out of its plastic enclosure and fitted inside the airline cabinet and thought it was made good that way and was selling it after he moved out . i contacted her and asked if she had all the parts and she said thinks so ,but i would have to look at it . after along trek to no-mans land with my G.p.s i made it up to here house ,i had to talk the airline out of her house ,dealing with some of these craigslist people is getting stressful, i had the airline in my trunk with 90persent of the parts.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by bandersen

The schematic in Riders #2 shows a dedicated AGC and DC restoration rectifier so I expect it will work fairly well

I have to look up my Riders. My Sams only covers the transformer model completely, with a small addition, covering the transformer-less model. They also don't show the voltage selector switch.
The model I would really like, would be the metal cabinet one, with the transformer power supply. Dream on!

[bandersen]

You can download a scan of the Riders at the ETF: http://www.earlytelevision.org/tv_sc...s_postwar.html

The voltage selector switch is shown right on page one. I think it works like a buck boost transformer.

[TV'S&MORE]

My metal one with has the power transformer on the outside with no switch. The wood cabinet has the switch.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by bandersen

You can download a scan of the Riders at the ETF: http://www.earlytelevision.org/tv_sc...s_postwar.html

The voltage selector switch is shown right on page one. I think it works like a buck boost transformer.

Thanks!
Another set with a strange IF frequency.
The last time I saw one of those sets in the flesh, was 1959. I didn't have the money to buy it.

[TV'S&MORE]

Hi Bob,

If you have difficulty finding the original four center knobs you might want to try and fabricate some using grey National NC radio knobs painting them the appropriate color and gluing in a brass insert. If you look at the center knob in the first photo and compare it to the outer knobs you can see they are the same except the center knob does not have the insert and the outer ones do. The center knob is the same knob used in many National NC radios. I have seen these on ebay quite frequently also at ham swap meets. The inserts are actually pretty easy to make. I took a jewelry/ metal fabrication class at the local community college a couple of years ago we made something very similar these. If you end up going this route I will check to see if someone in the class would make some. I could get the brass at Ace hardware.

[snelson903]

Originally Posted by snelson903

about 2 months ago i was looking around on craigslist like i do everyday when i check my email ,and i seen a lady with a airline like that one for sale . her son couldnt make it work so he took a 80's model tv out of its plastic enclosure and fitted inside the airline cabinet and thought it was made good that way and was selling it after he moved out . i contacted her and asked if she had all the parts and she said thinks so ,but i would have to look at it . after along trek to no-mans land with my G.p.s i made it up to here house ,i had to talk the airline out of her house ,dealing with some of these craigslist people is getting stressful, i had the airline in my trunk with 90persent of the parts.

it also looks like there was a small record player in the top compartment ,but thats the only part i never got, does anyone have a picture of it.

[Celt]

The size and shape suggests that it was an RCA 45J changer.

[snelson903]

thats what i thought to ,and still a tight fit for a 45 thats why i like to a picture of it . it must have been a early compact tv/radio/phoneo /combo in its day.

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by snelson903

it also looks like there was a small record player in the top compartment ,but thats the only part i never got, does anyone have a picture of it.

It's an RCA RP-168 changer, this one is correct for the set:

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Did you get the radio chassis? There's a bunch of wires under there that don't belong.
I can also send you the art work if you want to get a new dial scale printed out for it. Kinkos can do that on some clear plastic but you have to reverse paint the gold on yourself.

This is basically a Sentinel TV-400 with an added radio chassis.

I should probably split this off into a separate thread so we don't hijack Bob's post?

[snelson903]

Originally Posted by Eric H

It's an RCA RP-168 changer, this one is correct for the set:

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Did you get the radio chassis? There's a bunch of wires under there that don't belong.
I can also send you the art work if you want to get a new dial scale printed out for it. Kinkos can do that on some clear plastic but you have to reverse paint the gold on yourself.

This is basically a Sentinel TV-400 with an added radio chassis.

I should probably split this off into a separate thread so we don't hijack Bob's post?

yes i got both chassie and the crt all she had, the kid put in a 80's model tv in the cabinet .good thing he dint drill or cut on the cabinet ,for now i just put it on the shelf for later. the reason i posted it here they saying they never ran across one before ,i thought i would show the one i found. apart from that i dint think anyone would be interested.