Vintage 70's Zenith TV experts...

[bgadow]

The end of that wire had an end that would plug into that coax "socket". The easiest way to fix this would be to get one of these:
http://www.google.com/products/catal...=0CJIBEPMCMAA#
And then get one of these:
http://www.google.com/products/catal...=0CJMBEPMCMAA#

You put the coax end on the damaged wire and then you connect the two using the female-female adapter. You can get both parts at your nearest Radio Shack, not the cheapest place but if you don't have a "real" electronics distributor nearby it will be the best bet. If your antenna already has VHF & UHF combined then you put one end of the female-female adapter in the wire from the set and the other end in your antenna coax. If you have 2 antenna wires, one for each band, connect them to the screw terminals and plug the wire from the set into that coax connector on the left using the female-female adapter.

Was that clear enough?

Edit: basically, older sets used only the 300ohm screw terminals for antenna connections. Coax was better so set makers started giving an option. The coax coming out of the set is what runs to the tuner. The other stuff is just a built-in 300 ohm to 75 ohm adapter, same as you can buy in the store.

[lnx64]

Originally Posted by bgadow

The end of that wire had an end that would plug into that coax "socket". The easiest way to fix this would be to get one of these:
http://www.google.com/products/catal...=0CJIBEPMCMAA#
And then get one of these:
http://www.google.com/products/catal...=0CJMBEPMCMAA#

You put the coax end on the damaged wire and then you connect the two using the female-female adapter. You can get both parts at your nearest Radio Shack, not the cheapest place but if you don't have a "real" electronics distributor nearby it will be the best bet. If your antenna already has VHF & UHF combined then you put one end of the female-female adapter in the wire from the set and the other end in your antenna coax. If you have 2 antenna wires, one for each band, connect them to the screw terminals and plug the wire from the set into that coax connector on the left using the female-female adapter.

Was that clear enough?

Edit: basically, older sets used only the 300ohm screw terminals for antenna connections. Coax was better so set makers started giving an option. The coax coming out of the set is what runs to the tuner. The other stuff is just a built-in 300 ohm to 75 ohm adapter, same as you can buy in the store.

Yep that will work..

[marty59]

Someone correct me from what I'm seeing, but any "F" type connector would require the use of cable with a solid core center. I don't recall at the moment what is at the tuner end but you may be in for some re-cabling unless maybe someone has a spare from a parts set. I don't have any of those in my parts stash either.....

Can one of you that have this vintage set verify?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by marty59

Someone correct me from what I'm seeing, but any "F" type connector would require the use of cable with a solid core center. I don't recall at the moment what is at the tuner end but you may be in for some re-cabling unless maybe someone has a spare from a parts set. I don't have any of those in my parts stash either.....

Can one of you that have this vintage set verify?

You have to remove the back of the set and see how the cable is connected to the tuner. IIRC, the coax on the tuner side is connected to an RCA type jack. The cable on the set now looks like it's aluminum, which is hard to work with.