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800B Early new RF Cover web 02
Here is a side view of the same cleaned and polished RF cover and also displays cleaned and polished FM RF tube shields.
Albums: Joseph Strickland's 800B
Location: Tioga, Texas
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Comment by Joseph W Strickland on December 9, 2016 at 4:51pm
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After I finished cleaning and polishing the pushbutton brackets and the front of the 800B radio chassis I took some more pictures.
Joe
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Tom and David;
I have visited that site and have see pictures of the CBS effort plus some others including the Bell Labs rotating prism mirror color system. There were some German efforts along the line of the rotating prism mirror arrangement too. Philco kept working on their "apple" CRT color set and had a number of engineering models they made, but it never made it to the market. It was a very interesting period of time from the 1930s on through the early 1960s. I am glad to see that some people saw fit to preserve these early examples of both Black & White and Color Televisions.
Joe
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Comment by David C. Poland on December 9, 2016 at 2:43pm
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FYI - Tom and Joseph The Early Television Museum in the Columbus Ohio suburb of Hilliard has an extensive collection of TVs from about 1930 to 1955. http://www.earlytelevision.org
Along with working mechanicals and electronic models, they have a working color wheel set from the early 1950's. Steve McVoy has a multi scanning rate format transmitter system so he can provide any scanning rate signal needed for any TV in the museum including the early mechanical sets and the big 1939 World's Fair RCA TV models. Extensive parts display of TV tubes including the big Dumont round picture tube. Even have a picture tube rebuild station, but not sure it is really operable.
A terrific website. Extensive "drill down" features to see photos and access technical information. Also a 3 day annual convention May annually.
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Comment by Tom Jardine on December 9, 2016 at 2:12pm
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Joe, speaking of early color TV, here's something you probably have never seen. A 1951 CBS sequential Filter color set that would have competed with RCA's three color system. A collector friend paid a whopping amount to put this in his collection.
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Tom;
I believe you got the better deal. It has been many years since I heard my co-worker's Berkshire. It is still in its original cabinet. He is now in a rest home in Arlington, TX and one of the Vintage Antique Radio & Phonograph Society members goes by and picks him up for help with some of his radios at home and also brings him to the club meetings. He is able to repair radios from way back into the1920s. He always kept his Berkshire unit in working condition. The TV section was still working when I saw it. I will have to ask him about it when I get a chance. He also had one of RCA's earliest Color TV sets but with the last improved 21 inch CRT with rare earth phosphors - it had really great color.
Joe
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Joe, I restored my 800B a couple of years ago. It was a slow process, especially catching every out-of-tolerance resistor, and replacing caps. I took Norman's advice and made the tone control mod that's shown in the Scott Info Archive which is very effective. I traded an RCA 621TS TV for the 800B some years ago. Not sure who got the better deal, but I enjoy the Scott. I have a '41 Scott AM-FM Philharmonic in a Georgian cabinet with the optional Jensen three speaker system and an RCA Berkshire set in a homemade cabinet that I restored some time ago with suggestions from Norman and others. I have posted pictures on my page. -Tom
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Ken;
It is a slow process, but rewards come along the way. I am going to continue to watch for a possible 800B cabinet on the internet. It would be nice to have one, but if none become available, I will work with my friend who has a complete wood working shop and construct a new cabinet. I ordered a new 15 inch woofer and 5 inch mid-tweeter plus a crossover to use with the 800B chassis. I am leaning toward building a bass-reflex cabinet for the speakers that can later be enclosed in a cabinet. I need to see what will fit inside one of the original cabinets.
Regarding the RCA Berkshire, I used to work with the former chief technician for RCA Service Co. in Dallas. He owns one of the Berkshire receivers. It was originally owned by a customer who later decided to replace it with something else. He appreciated the fine design of the unit and was able to obtain it from the original owner. Those are fine and worthy examples of a cost-no-object receiver of their day. Part of the radio tuner chassis was made for RCA by Collins Radio. I was employed by Collins Radio/Rockwell Intl. in Richardson, TX which group later became owned by Alcatel.
The E H Scott AW receiver is a beautiful unit. I know you will be proud of it when you are finished!
Joe
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Comment by Ken Carr on December 6, 2016 at 4:54am
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I like your attention to detail, Joe. It is paying off nicely. I've been doing work on and off on a '33 AW Deluxe and a 1940's Berkshire. Like you I dip into the liquid polish quite a bit. Your results will inspire me to keep at it!
Thanks for the additional photos!
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Ken;
Thanks for the compliment. I am currently cleaning behind the escutcheon panel that is just behind the knobs. I removed the knobs and the panel and am cleaning the front edge of the chrome plated chassis and the shafts of the controls. There are also some metal brackets and plates that are part of the controls and their detent plates. Those had some corrosion that turned them from a normal satin nickel finish to a green-yellow appearance. Chrome polish works well on those too. After using this polish on several radio chassis over a period of years I am about out of the polish. I need to get a new container. Here are a couple of pictures of that effort. The right hand pushbutton assembly has been disconnected so I can clean and polish that part too. Irregular shaped large parts take more time to do.
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This looks great, especially with the nice cover. You have a good one!
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