I commute about 30 miles to college every day, from my home in Mentor OH, to Hiram College in Hiram Ohio. Now that spring is here, many of the small towns I drive through are having their week long bulk trash pickup. Hoping to find a tube set or possibly a HiFi console, I took some extra time to go curb surfing. I didn't find much, most of the TV's I came across were modern CRT sets, at most only a few years old. The only tube set I came across was a 50's admiral B&W console that had already been gutted and, unfortunately, fishtanked. Just as I was about to give up, I saw this little 9" RCA laying face down, half submerged in a deep puddle. It was soaked, but I felt bad for it, I couldn't just leave it there. I took it home, and let it dry out in the sun for a few afternoons. I plugged it in today, and sure enough, it worked like brand new, with a nice strong CRT. It's a solid state set, built on a partially modular chassis, with the vertical, IF, and audio sections on separate plugin cards. No IC's either from what I can tell, this set is completely discrete. 70's sets really aren't my thing, but this little guy is growing on me. It's kinda cute in it's own way.
05-08-2009, 02:39 PM
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