A lead from a fellow club member resulted in my picking up three more televisions last weekend, including two forties-vintage B&W sets -- and my first roundie! I was told this is a CTC-9, but I haven't verified that yet. Cosmetically it looks to be in nice condition and I'm really happy about that. I am utterly charmed by the fact that it proudly announces "Color" on the front of the set!

It was "free to a good home", but with a hundred and fifty mile trip down to the southern tip of New Jersey for the pickup, it still ended up taking a decent-sized bite out of the budget!

As I mentioned to several folks at the Early Television Convention, although I've been working on TVs since I was a teenager in the sixties, I'm still a little intimidated by the idea of working on color sets. Now I'll have to learn to grok the mysteries of chroma circuits too!

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Wow...Kewl score ! Can't wait to see pics of it working !

congrats!!!! some first time score!

Dave,

Nice catch in my back yard. Oh, all right, I have enough. But I have a lead on a Aniversary model anyway. Same as any radio for restoration, just a few more caps. Learning convergence is an art form by itself.

Dave A

Looks like you scored well for your first color roundie! With it being in such nice shape gives you an easy goal to get it up and working. Congrats!
-Tony

Dave,

That's one beautiful blonde, CTC-9 Anniversary model that is...Great first roundie find.
Keep us posted on your progress.

-Steve D.

Congratulations!! That thing is sweet looking! It's hard to find blonde finishes that aren't all messed up. It looks like it will clean up nicely. It also looks like it may have the original 21CYP22 CRT as well. Have fun with your first roundie!

Nice set. That blonde finish is unique. I can't wait till I get my Roundie restored.

It's just like Christmas, only we are paying for it.

Dave,

That is a great first color set to have. And chroma circuits are not so hard to grok, though I am sure Jubal Harshaw would disagree.