Chinese Cabinet Federal Video set

[benman94]

I cut a deal with Harry Poster for this set, and have arranged to have it picked up (thanks Nick!)

Does anyone know for sure if this is just a 630 type chassis modified to drive a 15AP4?

Ugly little thing, but it looked so forlorn on Harry's website... and I like ugly duckling sets.

[Phil Nelson]

Just when you thought you'd seen everything . . . .

Very unusual.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[WISCOJIM]

The only thing I can find for Federal Video is from Riders Volume 3 which shows an unreadable schematic (for models 209, 309, 409, and ch. 31) and a message at the bottom of the page reading

"For Service Data: See RCA Model 630TS, TV1 Page 1-76".

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[benman94]

I've wanted an Oriental cabinet set to watch WWII propaganda cartoons on.

"Tokio Jokio" would look great on the Federal Video set...

https://youtu.be/sy9rGAO-qfc

[miniman82]

Hope you don't mind but I took the liberty of testing the CRT, it reads like new and even has that luminous stuff on the neck to tell you when the trap is correctly aligned. I believe it's original since the anode connection is that odd Dumont style button that snaps together, rather than a normal clip connection like I would have expected if it were something like a 16RP4 or whatever.

[benman94]

Thank you Nick! That confirms that it is infact a 15DP4, and not a 15AP4. No ion burn :-)

Might make a nice daily driver.

[Eric H]

I seem to recall there were two of those Federal sets on Harry's page, the other one was a darker color I think.

[benman94]

Definitely 630 based as WISCOJIM found in Rider's. The 630 type is my absolute favorite B/W chassis. Only RCA's direct coupled video sets for the 16AP4 and 17 inch tubes were superior in terms of image quality, if not in build quality.


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[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by benman94

I've wanted an Oriental cabinet set to watch WWII propaganda cartoons on.

"Tokio Jokio" would look great on the Federal Video set...

https://youtu.be/sy9rGAO-qfc

Yes. Now, yer talking. I would suggest "The Purple Heart" (1944) with Dana Andrews and the heartless Richard Loo.

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by benman94

Definitely 630 based as WISCOJIM found in Rider's. The 630 type is my absolute favorite B/W chassis. Only RCA's direct coupled video sets for the 16AP4 and 17 inch tubes were superior in terms of image quality, if not in build quality.


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Looks more 721TS to me. Just one 5U4 on that chassis, unless one of them is pulled.

[benman94]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

Yes. Now, yer talking. I would suggest "The Purple Heart" (1944) with Dana Andrews and the heartless Richard Loo.

Anything with Dana Andrews is worth a watch. "The Best Years of Our Lives" is probably the greatest film of all time...

[benman94]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

Looks more 721TS to me. Just one 5U4 on that chassis, unless one of them is pulled.

One of the 5U4s isn't visible. Chassis is way too wide to be a 721 clone; that's a 15 inch DuMont tube.

[benman94]

Originally Posted by Eric H

I seem to recall there were two of those Federal sets on Harry's page, the other one was a darker color I think.

I think there were two, one in a mahogany with the same... interesting... paint job that this set has.

[Celt]

Me wanna see the front!

[benman94]

http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/...p?f=3&t=241019

That thread has some pics of the mahagony version. It's hard to tell which is uglier