Finally joined the club! (CTC-9 content)

[miniman82]

Last night, my dream came true. Special thanks to Mark (zenithfan), he was the one who alerted me to this one's whereabouts. It's a CTC-9F (210CK905, The Atherton), from 1959. Heavy beast must weigh at least a solid 250, I about threw my back out getting it into the apartment.

Curiosity got the best of me like it always does on the first night (I move fast, ask my wife ), and I plugged it in...


Pulled the HO tube first, just to see what would happen. Low and behold, all the (apparently original) tubes warmed up, and I heard the vertical output transformer making it's normal scanning sounds. That went well, so I plugged the HO tube back in and let 'er rip.

At first I didn't think anything was alive, but after a good 25 seconds of breathlessness horizontal came up strong all of the sudden and static on the back of the picture tube blasted away 50 years worth of dust. Tweaked the knobs on front, and: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A FULL RASTER!




Mark is gonna stop by this Friday with his tube tester, so we can see what the real condition of the kinescope is. After that, it's on to chassis resto, cab resto, ect. Enjoy the pics, I'll put up better ones of any angle for anyone who requests them.

Doubt I'll sleep, but I'm off to bed.