|
|
|
#2
03-27-2011, 11:39 AM
|
||||
|
||||
Nice little TV. Maybe made to sell during the US bi-centenial in 1976?
__________________
stromberg6 
|
|
#3
03-27-2011, 11:48 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
|
#5
03-27-2011, 08:03 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
That is definitely a Bicentennial model. I have always liked those little sets but never owned one. How is the build quality? Can we see some pictures of the inside?
__________________
Just look at those channels whiz on by. - Fred Sanford
|
| Audiokarma |
|
#6
03-27-2011, 08:29 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I will get some later, its out in the garage, I need to de insect it before bringing in. REAL dirty (of course). the hardest part was figuring out the channel indicator, it looks like there must have been a decal of a pointer on it at one time, since the channel is at about the 8 o'clock position (there is remnants of glue in the shape of a pointer. At 1st I thought the tuner did not work since only UHF is broadcast locally. I had the UHF on the VHF at the 12 o'clock position thinking that was where it should be.
|
|
#8
03-27-2011, 10:00 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
There was also a Bicentennial version of the SF tube chassis set that was housed in a case like what was used on the solid state XB chassis sets. During the '70's, the cheaper tube type SF chassis sets were built at the same time as the higher priced solid state XB chassis sets. The XB sets were the better performer and were built better than the tube SF version. I have a NOS 15" SE chassis GE (branded "packard bell") that is fairly cheaply built and has vertical sweep problems.
|
|
#9
03-27-2011, 10:31 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I had one of the other style bicentennial GE sets, although I wonder if it's correct to call it that-I guess it must have been early 70s since it was the tube chassis. I bought it when I was about 15 at a local yard sale. Had a choice of that or an Airline bw portable, I could only afford one. The GE had something that would burn after a few minutes, I can still smell that toasting phenolic if I think about it! Nowadays I would have figured it out pretty easily but not then, so it got tossed.
__________________
Bryan
|
|
#10
03-27-2011, 10:34 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
well I will get some pics tomorrow, and will also try the VHF and a cleaner RF feed (from a DTV box, not the weak ota UHF).
I am not planning on keeping it, I just wanted to mess with it some, it will go back to the shop where my buddies hang out, try and sell it. Its the right size and may have some customer appeal.
|
| Audiokarma |
|
#11
03-27-2011, 11:10 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I don't know when the SF was discontinued; but, I think it was made through at least '75 or '76. I did have one of the later ones that was housed in a woodgrain plastic case and had a click-stop UHF tuner. In fact, the cabinet looked like some of the later solid state XB sets from around '80-'81. We all know that GE made tube type porta-color's through at least '78; so, it's possible that they built a tube type B&W that late, as well.
|
|
#13
03-28-2011, 03:56 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I had that same set in my bedroom growing up. It was a freebie for my parents opening up a bank account.
Great little set with transistorized signal/audio and tube sweep circuits. CRT seems to last forever with no wear. Wish I had never thrown mine away. Incidentally the VHF channel knob is the wrong one. It always is. If you look at the UHF knob you will see that you turn it via a thin sliver of plastic. That inevitably breaks on the VHF knob due to the detents and someone drops on a knob with the numbers in the wrong places.. If you don't find a local buyer drop me a line, I would probably go for it.
|
|
#14
03-29-2011, 08:03 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
opened it up. Must be a low time set, the PCB while extremly dirty seems to look like new on the bottom no sign of heat distress (same for the plastic inside). I was shock to find only 2 transistors, the horz osc and horz driver, all the rest are tubes. 6 tubes (not counting the CRT) and 2 transistors.
Has a tube tuner. Not sure what to do with it, maybe I will try doing some general cleaning. the tuner from the outside looks like one of those wafer switch types, not as easy to clean as the turret types with the removable strips. The crude on the pcb is really on there good. There are no paper caps which makes since for a 70's set. a single easy to get at can cap that I could replace with out even pulling the pcb. I may just go ahead and repalce it, if I decide to keep it. I was not very interested in it a 1st until I found it was nearly all tubes, I really did not expect that considering how small it is. I will see what my buddies want for it but since its small I will prob get it. checked again, has a IC audio board. Last edited by DaveWM; 03-29-2011 at 08:10 PM.
|
 |
|
|
Linear Mode
