RCA CT-100 color TV restoration

[John Folsom]

Outstanding, Phil!

[Pete Deksnis]

Excellent.

[yagosaga]

Hi Phil,

thank you very much for your wonderful presentation and documentation of your CT-100 project. It is well-weighted in pictures and words, and your success with the set is stunning! BTW, I like also you other documentations on your website, your Motorola VT-73 (VT-71) project was the first, which I found on the web and gave me high valuable hints for my own restoring project.

Kind regards,
Eckhard

[ohohyodafarted]

FANTASTIC Phill! Your attention to detail in documenting the process of your restoration is a marvel to behold. Your web site has a wealth of information. I have often thought of having a web site to document my projects. But life is too short and I have much to do before the final curtain and I find it more rewarding to read your wonderful web site.

Outstanding Job Phill! Keep up the great work. You are a credit to our hobby!

[Steve D.]

Phil,

I can only echo the praise the other members have posted. Wonderful step by step documentation. The side trip to your CTC-11 restoration was also filled with great info and restoration tips.

Thanks,
-Steve D.

[old_coot88]

Phil! You Da Man !! Of all your masterfully authored restoration sagas, this one is the crowning flourish. So far.

[Phil Nelson]

I depend a lot on the kindness of others, in this forum and elsewhere. The CTC-11 project is a good example. A guy contacted me, wanting to trade his TV for something else I wasn't using. I said, "Sure, sounds fun," not really knowing what I was getting into. I had done b/w TVs before, but never thought of trying a color set.

Soon after getting the TV, I looked at a diagram in Sams and posted a question here, saying something like, "Hey, I can't find these adjusters -- what's the deal?" I learned that I was missing these mysterious things known as convergence assembly & purity rings, and a forum member then gave me the parts I needed! That's when I realized it was time for some serious homework.

Phil

[Steve McVoy]

Great restoration, Phil. I'll put a link to your page from my site.

[Phil Nelson]

Thanks, that's fantastic. Now if I could just locate a back cover for this TV, I could die a happy man.

Phil

[old_coot88]

Hey Phil, why dontcha post a link over in the rec.antiques.radio+phono NG? Some folks there probably haven't seen it yet.

[Phil Nelson]

I found a back (!), so now I'll have to keep my promise to die happy. Thanks, Einar.

The back has a stamped Video/Air label by a little hole at the bottom. Perhaps that set was used as a broadcast monitor or lobby display at a TV station. It don't know why anyone would add such a switch for home use.

Phil Nelson

[John Folsom]

Phil,

RCA pulbished instructions on converting its early color sets for video monitor use, and many were so converted for use at TV stations. Here is the article.

John

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by John Folsom

Phil,

RCA pulbished instructions on converting its early color sets for video monitor use, and many were so converted for use at TV stations. Here is the article.

John

Phil, the RACS-rebuilt 15GP22 you saw at the 2010 ETF convention

http://www.earlytelevision.org/2010_...tion_RACS.html

was driven by the circuit on the first page of the atricle.

Pete

[Phil Nelson]

Very interesting. Thanks for the info!

Phil Nelson

[ChrisW6ATV]

Thank you for posting that circuit information, John. That could be a fun project someday, particularly if I ever got something like an already-hacked roundie set that was not restorble, or one with a messed-up tuner/IF section.