RCA TV Antenna, anyone have one?

[Carmine]

Originally Posted by drh4683

Chris, that looks like a good quality antenna. Perhaps I should just get one of those and put it over the antenna holes on my table set. How well does that thing work? (if at all). Most indoor amplified antennas are a joke.

I was curious how well the amplified flat design would work... Not any better than the un-amplified dollar-store rabbit ears I have on the set. Which is why I bought it from a store with a good return policy.

As for the holes on your set, have you considered some nice plastic flowers? That would very country-chic, and would add many $$$ in value judging by what I see on the eBay.

[Findm-Keepm]

Doug,

I'll check my stash here and the Russell stock at work. Seems Russell Industries only made a few RCA replacements like that - RCA had 6 different part numbers for those antenna assemblies - with different lengths and ferrule diameters.

I may even have the clip, used of course.

Cheers,

[zenithfan1]

I'll check again tomorrow, I was running too late to stop in there today. I hope they have the right one. This one don't fit the Admiral either.

[drh4683]

Thanks for checking Brian+Mark. Too bad it don't fit the admiral either! Millions of them made and hardly any left in 2009.....I guess thats the story with the entire hobby though.

[bgadow]

I need to check my small stash. Most of them are way too new. I might have some NOS stuff-if so, it is inventoried by part number.

Where the CTC-53 type different? At some point I'm going to part one out.

[zenithfan1]

I'm 90% sure I have the right one this time, it fits the Admiral too. It has a black base but that's ok, especially in your case with the RCA. I'll post pics in a little while.

[zenithfan1]

Here are the other antennas. I would say the measurements but out of 3 tapes, none can be found. I'll measure it and get back to you. It sure looks right though. It fits a '68 Admiral color if that tells you anything. The length looks like the 11" too.

[drh4683]

That looks very promising Mark! How many did they have available?

[zenithfan1]

They had five IIRC, I'll measure it and get the rest if it's the right one this time. I'm almost positive it is. I'll take two for the Admiral so those ugly holes are filled You can have the other three.

[drh4683]

Excellent. Thanks a million. That means I'll have two extra as I already have the one. The two extras will get used right away as my admiral has busted antennas too!

[zenithfan1]

You're very welcome. I'm glad I could help. I'll go grab the rest tomorrow and get them to you ASAP.

[zenithfan1]

No offense, but is this another spam poster? Looks that way to me.

[bandersen]

Yep, I just reported it.

[luvvinvinyl]

I'm on it.

[Carmine]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

No offense, but is this another spam poster? Looks that way to me.

Who? What? I hate when posts are just deleted... You sit there and wonder what people are talking about. Why not just ban the poster?