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Bill Cahill
07-25-2015, 02:05 PM
Picked up this neat toy today. Came with its' original roll cart.
I need some parts, and, schematic for it. See advertising forums.
Just so you'll know, it's in sams 559-2. Can somebody spare one??
Also, John Folsom says cheater cords for our old sets are for sale again. Anyone know where I can buy them? Thanks.

This is an aerly all channel tv with a tube in uhf tuner.
It has all antennas in good shape.
VHF tuner has a nuvister rf tube.
Bill Cahill

Captainclock
07-26-2015, 05:08 PM
Picked up this neat toy today. Came with its' original roll cart.
I need some parts, and, schematic for it. See advertising forums.
Just so you'll know, it's in sams 559-2. Can somebody spare one??
Also, John Folsom says cheater cords for our old sets are for sale again. Anyone know where I can buy them? Thanks.

This is an aerly all channel tv with a tube in uhf tuner.
It has all antennas in good shape.
VHF tuner has a nuvister rf tube.
Bill Cahill

:worthless

Bill Cahill
07-27-2015, 07:22 AM
Please give me some time. I just picked it up last Saturday. I'll get pictures.

WISCOJIM
07-27-2015, 07:34 AM
"Also, John Folsom says cheater cords for our old sets are for sale again. Anyone know where I can buy them? Thanks."

If John Folsom said that, please ask him to share his source with the group.

Bill Cahill
07-27-2015, 08:08 AM
They are but, not cheap anymore. I'm going to have to buy some myself.

kvflyer
07-28-2015, 12:50 PM
Bill, unfortunately, I don't have many series string tubes around right now. I did some investigating and I usually use ERSC Vacuum Tubes in Florida. They have many tubes for $1.00 NOS. Shipping has always be at cost, no profit there.

4AU6 $1.00
17BW3 $1.00
4BZ6 $1.00
3AF4 $1.00
10EM7 $3.00
8FQ7 $3.00
17GW6 $5.00 (Horizontal Output)
10JF8 no listing ?
3CW4 no listing ?
4GX6 no listing? (could it be 4GX7?)

Not a lot of money and if the other tubes with no listing are just typos, I would bet that they have them as well, for $1-5.
BTW, the tubes that didn't have a listing ... I looked in a tube database as well and they were not there.



Just a thought.

Bill Cahill
07-28-2015, 02:00 PM
May I have a link to that site in Florida? Thanks.
Bill Cahill I'll look for errors on my part.

WISCOJIM
07-28-2015, 02:13 PM
Tube lineup according to Sams Photofact 559-2 is as follows:

CHASSIS:

4BZ6
5GM6
5EW6
10HF8
6GY6
6GX6
6AQ5A
4AV6
13EM7
8FQ7 (8CG7)
17GW6
17DM4 (17AX4GTA)
1G3GT/1B3GT


CRT:

19AYP4


TUNER:

2CW4
6CG8A


REMOTE CONTROL CHASSIS:

12AX7 (2 of these)
6AV6
12BH7


.

Captainclock
07-28-2015, 07:24 PM
Tube lineup according to Sams Photofact 559-2 is as follows:

CHASSIS:

4BZ6
5GM6
5EW6
10HF8
6GY6
6GX6
6AQ5A
4AV6
13EM7
8FQ7 (8CG7)
17GW6
17DM4 (17AX4GTA)
1G3GT/1B3GT


CRT:

19AYP4


TUNER:

2CW4
6CG8A


REMOTE CONTROL CHASSIS:

12AX7 (2 of these)
6AV6
12BH7


.

Interestingly enough I have most of the tubes your TV needs in my Tube Stash at my place, they were inside an old Tube caddy that someone gave me. I believe most of them are NOS and still test good on my Sencore Mighty Mite Emissions Tube Tester.

If you're interested I might be able to dig them out and send them to you.