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10-04-2009, 08:20 PM
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It has a field neutralizing coil and there is a purity magnet at each corner. Wayne: The smear is coming from the tuner. When I sub it I get a great picture. I am waiting for some new tubes for it. I HATE working on tuners and this one looks like a cheap one. I may try to do a better set-up with the subber in place. I will post more pictures then. Steve
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10-04-2009, 11:24 PM
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 NOT!Seriously, I want to congratulate Steve K again for getting that set going! I had it sitting here for 10 years, and did nothing with it but check the tube. He gets sets done, and WELL. I tend to take decades to get around to them, and by then, usually a more exciting project has come up. But at least I don't start them and leave them 1/2 done and sell, which some collectors in the past have been known for. Steve has definitely upstaged a minor surprise job I did on a set at my place for the 'other collector' who owns the Westinghouse... Charles
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10-05-2009, 12:13 PM
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Visited Steve K. yesterday. I was thrilled to see the 22" Westy in person. Steve K. has done a terrific job of restoring this set to working condition. While several problems such as a fussy tuner and some edge purity issues remain, I'm sure these will be corrected very soon. The turner may need alignment and the purity problem will probably go away when a complete setup is done as a final step in the process. I'm sure the purity will need futher adjustment after the set is transported back to the owner's home. The color is vibrant, especially the red, which appears to be a true red to my eye. The set produces a bright picture with good convergence from center to the edge of the screen. The convergence will also require slight tweaking in final setup. Even from a viewing distance of four feet small text was easily readable on the screen. It was as good an image, if not better, then I have seen on many 50's era 21" roundies at this stage of restoration. Watching color on the rectangular, much like a b&w 50's era shaped screen, was a bit strange at first. The full image is seen and even with the mask in place, none of the screen is cut off as with the roundie.
The chassis is sensibly designed with easy access to most componets and tubes and fully labeled, finger turned, no tools, service controls via a removable side panel. And, with the picture tube and chassis combined as one unit, when removed from the cabinet, there are no extension cables required to adjust or service any functions. The cabinet reminded me of RCA's entry level CTC-5 "Aldrich" model, perhaps slightly larger, Pretty much a vinyl clad Mahogany box with very little to set it apart from it's b&w cousins. As noted in other posts, no color logos or script indicating "color" on the front of the set. All in all a remarkable find and a great working example of this receiver. Hopefully, jr. will have the same good results with his 22" Westinghouse color. Thanks Steve K. for inviting me over. -Steve D.
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10-06-2009, 07:27 PM
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Thanks guys for the compliments on the restoration. Here is an update so far. I did a purity set-up today and the results are pretty good. I will post pictures of this and a few of the chassis. The chassis pictures were after I pulled out the tubes. The bottom view is of the chroma section. I am still waiting for some tubes so there is not much more I can do at this point. I touched up the convergence some but it still needs work.
Some of the pictures have lines in them which is from the camera and not actually on the screen. Steve
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10-06-2009, 08:26 PM
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Yahoo!
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10-06-2009, 08:41 PM
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Unbelievably marvelous!
Fess up - where did you find the time machine?
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10-06-2009, 09:00 PM
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Gorgeous work Steve! I too have a lot more respect for Westinghouse, at least on this endeavor. The color is beautiful on that tube! I bet it looks stunning in person.
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