Hi to All,

Saw this 50s vintage B&W RCA metal cone CRT today.

ID on glass shows 16xx as the reference number. Could perhaps make someone happy...

No affiliation of course.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-RCA-CRT-Electron-Picture-Tube-/170656073457?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item27bbe506f1

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France

I think it says 16GP4, which is what I guessed it was. There is also a 16AP4 metal CRT that has a narrower deflection angle. I have that one in a 1949 Magnavox combo set.

I bet its gone to air. There was a second hand store out in the valley that had about 20 metal cone crts, some were used some were nos. Every single one had gone to air or were half way there.
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A local antique mall had a metal cone crt sitting outside, in front of the store, as decoration! After several months I finally bought it, brought it home, the filaments light up fine and it actually tests okay. That was several years ago...I still haven't tried it in a set.