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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
The set is my favorite Zenith roundie!
It's the cabinet that seems to be the most common.
I'll look at the model number and report back.
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My parents first color TV was a 71 chromacolor, which I still have but its actually tired from 14 years of daily use and few repairs. When it was delivered and connected to the J-F-D VHF-UHF "all-channel" antenna that my Dad installed 6 months earlier for the 63' Motorola 19" metal BW (CH. TS584) just so it could get 4 VHF channels, I was disappointed that three Philly UHF channels were un(#$%!)watchable on a new TV. No Star Trek, no Stooges, no classic movies, no weekday cartoons or 50-60's reruns.
It was 3 years of no UHF (exc 39-PBS in Bethlehem) and no rotor because the 5-wire Alliance T-45 rotor never did work because it was mis-wired via one of those wall-outlet plugs. Then Dad called the dealer for help at last. Coming to install an Alliance U100 rotor, B-T voyager preamp and simple 4-bay UHF antenna, I got off the bus that day and was more than impressed. After that, we got every one of the 23 channels listed in the newspaper! The e-skip brought in stations from Washington DC and NYC, solidifying my opinion of the brand. The JFD's "UHF section" using trapezoid log periodic element and round discs was a silly gimmick according to the Antenna man.
Just 100 feet through the woods on the same ridge as our house, my Aunt & Uncle had that "Alton" Zenith roundie and it displayed a clear picture on all three (!) of those channels
with only a 4-bay bowtie and Finco VHF on the roof. every time I visited there (quite frequently) that '66 Zenith was on all day every day. It was on the entire time of holiday parties, birthdays, etc. They finally traded it on a '77 Chromacolor 25V with a slider varactor tuner, after our mutual Zenith repairman/dealer told them
"I can replace tubes to improve the tired performance but the surge of increased voltages will risk your picture tube (?) and transformers."
Of course, I found out after the fact. I wanted that old set in the worst way and maybe I did not speak up, so I was devastated when it slipped thru my hands. Every Zenith roundie I got my hands in since was never given-up on and donated like an RCA, GE or Magnavox, it was in my place for repairs.sigh: