Wow... an NOS 15G... that's gotta give you goosebumps!

Is your CT100 ready for the tube... plug-and-play? Or will you need to do some chassis work first?

The chassis is rebuilt and opperational. I have a 15GP22 under vacuum, but one of the guns has a dead filiment. The chassis was tested with that tube.


My under vacuum, two color tube will be rebuilt on the next trip that John Folsom and I are going to make to Hawkeye. We will be rebuilding 2 under vacuum duds on our next trip. One is mine and one is John's. We are planning the trip for sometime in December if all goes according to plans.

But before I even think of puting my first CT100 together, I need to do some refinishing work on the cabinet. It will probably be well into the first quarter or even the second quarter of next year before I find the time to do the work on my set. I am so involved with the 15GP22 project and our future attempts to seal and rebuild the leaker tubes that there is not much time do do my own sets right now. After we put the 15GP22 rebuild project to bed, I will have more time for personal projects.

Bob

Congratulations with the acquisition Bob! It's a double bonus with the money going to a good cause.

John

You got that right Tom. I don't think a leaker will ever be worth more than about $300, even if John Folsom and I are able to develope a workable method to seal the leakers.

The bottom line is; rebuilding a 15GP22 ( one that is still under vacuum ) is going to cost more than what I just paid for this NOS tube.

And, if we are successful, rebuilding a leaker will be even more expensive than rebuilding a tube still under vacuum, due to the extra work that will most likely be involved.

Bottom line is.... 15GP22 tubes that are under vacuum and fully functional, will be getting more and more expensive as time goes by because the cost to rebuild these tubes will greater than the today's current market price of a known good tube.

Bob

For an animal such as this, you can't expect it to be anything less than expensive. If you're hard core, you'll do what you can to get these things... put up your house, children, wife, land... whatever you can to obtain one of these.

As Bob points out, they will get more and more expensive as time passes. So, if times get hard and you're stuck between a rock and a TV set, you can always get your investment back and more. Of course, you don't want to have to go that route, but, you're certainly not going to lose... at least... not in our lifetime.

Imagine
 

Just imagine. If we knew the back story up front, even more money could have been raised for the Sarnoff project.

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I've also been spending time at Sarnoff with Alex to help get ready for the move. I can assure you that Alex's intentions are good and after the dust has settled one of us might very well make a presentation at the next Early Television Convention about the whole thing. I have some photos of this tube and other items that may leave you speechless. The collection will continue to be available to the public and the archives will continue to be available to researchers, but there is a ton of work yet to be done packing up and a very costly move to the new locations to be made (and paid for!) Anyone near Princeton NJ who could spare a day or two would be welcome to come by and help with the packing.

--Dave Sica

Just curious ... does any know what happened to the dud 15GP22 CRT? The seller had it for sale and then cancelled his listing on eBay?

I saw it three days ago at the seller's location, so it's still around; current plans are to preserve the tube as a museum display piece. Probably in the historic Marconi site here on the Jersey shore.

Pete

Seems like a waste, since it's still under partial vacuum it would make a good candidate to try resealing on?

Maybe that could be true. But ....something seems odd. :scratch2: Yes, behind the Marconi Hotel there is the Radio Technology Museum... but I've never know the museum to have any TV exhibits. Sure seems like a possible waste to give away the CRT when there are collectors dedicated to preserving the technology with the best means possible.

I'm not unsympathetic to your point Tom; yesterday when I called the seller to get the info in my post, it was pointed out to him that $300 was the average price for a 15G dud. His response was what you read. Even though it's only about 6 or 7 miles from where I live, I have never been to the site, and so got myself invited there today for a personal and behind-the-scenes tour to see firsthand how the volunteers are turning a history-rich former army base into a -- hopefully -- first-class museum. John, the seller, noted that the Marconi Hotel you mentioned is in a state of dilapidated disrepair. It should be an interesting couple of hours. I'll take my camera.

Pete

now called/named InfoAge...
 

Wow, what a great place :thmbsp: It's a site dripping with history... from its Marconi beginnings to its Camp Evans days, you can spend hours as a visitor or years as a volunteer and not get your fill. Didn't get a site tour, as John had family show up, but Steve Goulart showed me much of what the volunteers have accomplished on a shoestring budget, including a small display area of vintageTV, which could use some NTSC color representation as well... we'll see.

Go visit InfoAge in Wall, NJ if you can.

Pete