View Full Version : Where Do They Find These Things?


vts1134
01-11-2016, 12:38 PM
I've got to start looking in more barns :scratch2:!

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w438/vts1134/RCA%20TK-1/46958947194595091937%201_zps4sfisqkp.jpg

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w438/vts1134/RCA%20TK-1/55614015748877008909%201_zps4zibmqpw.jpg

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w438/vts1134/RCA%20TK-1/44979748970336903628%201_zpsbtvpzsqc.jpg

Why can't I be that guy ^ :sigh:

Electronic M
01-11-2016, 02:29 PM
Why can't I be that guy ^ :sigh:

That is what we're all thinking.

jr_tech
01-11-2016, 02:46 PM
Yikes ! Is that an early RCA prototype?

jr

found it: http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_rr-359.html

David Roper
01-11-2016, 03:20 PM
Yes, but is that a new find?

Phil Nelson
01-11-2016, 03:55 PM
Why can't I be that guy :sigh:I think the key is to live in New Jersey.

Where did those photos come from, anyhow? I see that the "date taken" info on the first .JPG is 4/25/2015, suggesting that they're fairly recent.

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

vts1134
01-11-2016, 04:23 PM
I think the key is to live in New Jersey.

Where did those photos come from, anyhow? I see that the "date taken" info on the first .JPG is 4/25/2015, suggesting that they're fairly recent.

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

New find last year. This is an instance when living in New Jersey would give you no advantage at all. This particular set is a TK -1 and was found 5,000 miles away in Russia.

decojoe67
01-11-2016, 04:26 PM
That is mind-boggling find! For TV collectors like myself those "RR" series field-test televisions are the ultimate find. It's a piece of American television history. I would love to hear the whole story. So great it was unearthed before someone trashed it.

Polaraligned
01-11-2016, 05:42 PM
was found 5,000 miles away in Russia.

That is funny. The first thing I thought when I saw that guy is that he does not look American. Must be the cloths.

decojoe67
01-11-2016, 09:23 PM
That is funny. The first thing I thought when I saw that guy is that he does not look American. Must be the cloths.
Same here. I had a feeling it was Russian because some of these RCA's were sent there. They have Russian markings on them:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_rr-359_russia.html