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Old 11-17-2019, 09:14 PM
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Abandoned RCA B&W tube portable TV - can I resurrect it?

Life works in mysterious ways...as I'm wrapping up restoring the 1957-58 Zenith I've documented in another thread, I was preparing to get some other projects finished and just generally put a dent in my "to-do" list for the old TVs, radios, and computer stuff I have that needs fixing. However, I went to a family friend's farm to do the yearly pecan picking and ended up finding...more TVs, buried deep in a pile of trash.

I saw the back of one sticking out from the underbrush and after digging for a while, I ended up with a 15" black and white RCA portable set and a ~19" Sylvania solid state color set (with a necked CRT ).

Do you guys think I can get the RCA to work? I took a peek inside and all the tubes are there, the CRT is intact, and the yoke doesn't look corroded. I think there's a good chance it just might fire up...the tuner might be hosed, though, it took a hard hit in that corner and everything is pretty smashed.

More to come very soon.
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