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05-21-2009, 11:19 PM
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Picked up another bit of nostalgia.
This set is nostalgic for me because my Dad had (maybe still has?) one just like it back in the early 70's.
When our other RCA set was broken (often) I would sneak in my parents room and watch TV on this.  I think it was built between 1968-70, not really sure yet. Got this one off eBay for $9.99, $20 with shipping. After tweaking the horizontal hold control a few turns it works great, it has a really hot tuner that pulls in most of the L.A. stations clear as a bell. It's a tube set, probably Compactrons with PC board construction. 
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05-21-2009, 11:24 PM
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Hey, I like it Eric. And the nostlagia facotr definitely adds a lot. I've been after sets I normally would never want, because of the nostalgia.
That's a good pic on that there set! Seriously, it is though. 
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05-21-2009, 11:31 PM
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I agree that it's got a good picture. I think RCA made a zillion variations of that set between '68 and '75. I had a slightly older one in a white case with the old "RCA Victor" badge. It worked fine after I cleaned the tuner and controls and resoldered everything on it's PC board chassis.
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05-22-2009, 12:22 AM
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A little more info.
It's very dirty inside! This will need a bath. It only has four tubes not counting the CRT, 12FX5, 17JZ8, 33GY7, 8FQ7. At least three of them have been replaced before, one is a GE and two are Realistic Lifetime tubes. There is a plug in module for some function or another, there's also a hack job filter replacement wired in.
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05-22-2009, 07:26 AM
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It sure is Sandy, I have one like that with some sort of "leather" case glued to it. It works well.
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05-22-2009, 10:12 AM
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Woah, get out the air compressor!
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05-22-2009, 03:48 PM
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06-02-2009, 11:25 AM
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WOW! very cool!!!!!!
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06-03-2009, 02:33 PM
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I have an RCA RLC22A plastic cabinet table AM-FM radio that matches your set's blue color. The RLC20 was the matching radio to the mini-console set RCA made. MY RLC22A was made in 1970.
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