1962 RCA B&W Portable

[TUD1]

The last time I was at Danny's, I showed interest in getting a 60's B&W portable. All this TV needed was one capacitor, and it works fine. I'll clean it up just as soon as I get a chance. I haven't even cleaned up the other two I was so tired yesterday. And today is Mother's Day, so I might not get home until late tonight.

[TUD1]

I finally got a chance to plug in this little set. I had to afro-engineer a balun since I didn't have to right one, but it worked. I used Invisible Glass (great stuff, way better than Windex) on the CRT lens, and it shined up very nicely. This set has a very crisp, sharp picture.

[OvenMaster]

That's exactly the same TV I had in my house as a young boy. The UHF control was on the lower right side panel.
I once knocked it over as it sat on its wheeled wire stand onto the front of the CRT as it was playing. My mom just came in and picked it back up and it kept on playing.
My dad replaced the pull-on volume control with a standard one very soon after we got it.

[TUD1]

I FINALLY got an opportunity to clean this TV up. Out of the four TV's I got, this was definitely the easiest. I cleaned all the tubes and tube sockets with Dawn and Deoxit respectively. One tube, the 6BZ6 was really stuck, but I got it out. I cleaned the plastic cabinet, and will give it the Novus treatment soon. This TV is in exceptional condition, despite being a little dusty.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by TUD1

I FINALLY got an opportunity to clean this TV up. Out of the four TV's I got, this was definitely the easiest. I cleaned all the tubes and tube sockets with Dawn and Deoxit respectively. One tube, the 6BZ6 was really stuck, but I got it out. I cleaned the plastic cabinet, and will give it the Novus treatment soon. This TV is in exceptional condition, despite being a little dusty.

The tube can't be a 6BZ6, as the set is a series string. It should be a 4BZ6 or so.

[TUD1]

Oops, I must've forgot. I do that a lot. I got a video of three of the four TV's I got on my YT channel.

[Adam]

I recently got one of these RCAs too. I was going to post about it after I got it working. It's interesting that yours doesn't show the channel numbers through the window on the front of the set but instead has it on the knob. I have two of these RCAs and neither of them are like that. The picture on yours looks good...

[OvenMaster]

** Deleted by OM - gently corrected by Adam **

[Adam]

The window on top is for the channel number and the circular hole below it is for the remote sensor. Here's a pic of my remote set which shows both.

[TUD1]

That's a pretty neat little set, Adam. Somebody must have been an awful cheapskate back in the day to have bought my set. B&W, VHF only, no remote!

[TUD1]

Well, I've been bragging on this set for being in such good shape, but now it's having a problem. The horizontal deflection is insufficient on the right side. Weak tube? Drifting cap? I'd like to get this straightened out before May 17th, as I am taking this set to my history class in school so those 21st century kids can see what a real TV is.

[Electronic M]

H output tube or drive may be weak. Also bear in mind that most all tube sets lack B+ regulation...Or to put it simply if you have 125V from the outlets where you are and good over-scan, if you take it to a place that has say 118V from the outlets you will probably have noticeable under-scan (perhaps on all sides) like your complaining about on the right side of your picture.

[TUD1]

My line voltage was actually 118 on the dot. I checked. If I run the window A/C or the space heater, it gets down to 105. I don't think I have this set's horizontal output tube in my tube box, but I'll check.

[maxhifi]

Have you played with the centering rings?

[TUD1]

No. I'll take it apart tomorrow and see if I have that horizontal output tube. I know I don't have the HV rectifier - I already checked because it has a loose base.