1966 RCA Slimline B&W

[jstout66]

I got a cool set awhile back, and just picked it up from being repaired today.
Model is AH066Y, chassis KCS160ARVG274, Sams 836-3.
So.. the backstory and some thank you's! This is the same model set that I grew up with. ( until my parents got color in 1971, a used RCA CTC-19 mini-console) Anyway, Doug Harland found it at an estate sale, and gave it to me. My friends Ben & Cory, picked it up, and dropped it off in Omaha, when they were up in January. The set arrived DOA. Finally got it to my friend Walter Beers, who does repairs. (my soldering skills SUCK). Set had a bad circuit breaker AND a bad on-off switch. I had an NOS breaker, and called Moyers for the switch. *RCA part 118552. Luckily they had 1 available, altho it was a tad pricey. Anyway.. am quite happy! Thanks Again to ALL who helped me get it.

[hi_volt]

Very cool. I had one of these when I was a kid back in the mid 60's, just before we got our first color set CTC-22.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by jstout66

I got a cool set awhile back, and just picked it up from being repaired today.
Model is AH066Y, chassis KCS160ARVG274, Sams 836-3.
So.. the backstory and some thank you's! This is the same model set that I grew up with. ( until my parents got color in 1971, a used RCA CTC-19 mini-console) Anyway, Doug Harland found it at an estate sale, and gave it to me. My friends Ben & Cory, picked it up, and dropped it off in Omaha, when they were up in January. The set arrived DOA. Finally got it to my friend Walter Beers, who does repairs. (my soldering skills SUCK). Set had a bad circuit breaker AND a bad on-off switch. I had an NOS breaker, and called Moyers for the switch. *RCA part 118552. Luckily they had 1 available, altho it was a tad pricey. Anyway.. am quite happy! Thanks Again to ALL who helped me get it.

Those RCA's were good performers and very reliable. The only big failure items, were the yokes.
Regarding soldering skills:" Practice makes perfect" There's a few books out there, that explain it pretty well.
Try practice soldering on something, you don't care too much about and you'll get better.

[tvtimeisfun]

Hello I have one of those sets I will be taking it to the convention it was one of my first sets when I was young mine needs a vertical tube I forgot had this set found it upstairs while digging for stuff to take to convention. congrats on finding your set...Timothy

[DavGoodlin]

Take out the 66 and its model AHOY.
I liked these too, a pretty decent durable set while many other BW sets were becoming crap through the 60s.