ctc-7
 

tomorrow after work i will hop in my avalanche and take a drive to kansas (from madison,wisconsin area) to pick up a RCA CTC-7 that i won on e-bay,long drive,hope it has a good CRT!!.. my luck there will be a snowstorm,wish me luck on driving there,i hope to be back on friday mid afternoon..
hehehe..:)
terry

Bon Voyage
 

Terry,

Good luck and have a safe and storm free trip! May 21FYP22 getters be silver and emissions be balanced and high.

Rob

ctc-7 update
 

hey guys,i finally made it back from kansas,this set looks real nice,
the crt does test fine,that is one of the first things i did , i powered it up a few mins ago,it does have HV,but i did notice the h-out was turing red..time to pull the chassis and recap,this is what all this hobby is about..:),it looks untouched and almost all tubes are RCA,except the focus rect,someone had replaced the 1V2 with a 2AV2...this could not be a common sub..??,any one have any input about this.. just curious.. i am tired.. so a bottle of wine before bed..then wakeup fresh..(hehe) and take out the chasiss and see what caps i can replace..
thanks guys!
terry

Good score Terry, sounds like a low mileage set!
Mine has about 300,000 on it I think :p:

How can that 2AV2 possibly work right with half the heater voltage on it? I have lots of 1V2's if you need one.

When will we see some pictures? :D

Eric

Welcome back Terry,

Sounds like you did good! :) Can't wait to hear and see more.

Rob

ctc-7
 

well,the cabinet is not as good as i wanted..i picked up the set in the dark and examined it in the garage this morning in day light,the top has a lot of marks and a tad of peeling..no rust or corrosion though!!
i have been replacing those odd value caps in the vert section,and
in the horiz drive and hv area,interesting how those old caps test within the correct value.... fresh caps work the best..i have to order a lot of .047 mfd's and a lot of those!
later guys
terry

ctc-7 pic :)
 

hi guys.. here is what i got so far on the ctc-7 i picked up,i still have about all of the .047mfd caps to replace yet and a bad 6bn8,and others.. if you notice the left side is green is because i have one of the .047 caps cut in the drive circuit..i hope to have the rest of parts tomorrow...
i have the safety glass and brass parts removed for cleaning..
this totally different than my CT-100..(which works great)
:)
terry

CTC-7 now in color!!
 

fresh pic,still got lots to do,have a bad v centering control,interesting,this is the early ctc-7 (1957..),uses the 3.58 xstal in a glass tube...
i am happy i am this far..
terry

CTC-7
 

Lookin good, Terry! :)

Terry, that looks real good!

Now jump in your truck and drive out here to california and get mine working :D

CTC-7
 

Terry,

Fantastic! You sure do nice work. :)

Rob

CTC 7
 

That's a great "Anderson" you have there. The CTC 7 is a great chasis and the standard for the 9, 10,ad 11.

I just finished my Andeson this year, and am currently working on a CTC7 AC "Pensbury" model.

I see from your posts that you have a CT-100. It must have been a great experience restoring it.

I'll post some pictures soon!

A "Pair of 7's for 007"
 

Here are a few friends for Terry's CTC7. An early "Anderson" CTC 7 and the later "Pensbury" CTC 7AC.

Kirk,

Those sets are beautys! I really like the Pensbury to the right. I see you have the same wooden box RCA UHF converter as me.

Ever consider how impossible it would be to set up a wall of these early color TV's so their color temperatures, etc., all tracked like they do in the big electronics superstores? Heck, it is hard to do with just two of these vintage color sets! In fact forget tracking, just try to get several all working at the same time! :)

I tried to capture that stunt here with a CTC-16A and a CTC-20, but my digital camera saturated on the highlights.

Rob

Hi Rob

I do'nt Know anything about vintage tvs or moderm ones for that matter but the ones you have posted are beautiful.Wow ,what memories,they bring me back to my youth.thanks

Best regards

Alan