Where Do They Find These Things?

[vts1134]

I've got to start looking in more barns !







Why can't I be that guy ^

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by vts1134

Why can't I be that guy ^

That is what we're all thinking.

[jr_tech]

Yikes ! Is that an early RCA prototype?

jr

found it: http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_rr-359.html

[David Roper]

Yes, but is that a new find?

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by vts1134

Why can't I be that guy

I think the key is to live in New Jersey.

Where did those photos come from, anyhow? I see that the "date taken" info on the first .JPG is 4/25/2015, suggesting that they're fairly recent.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

I think the key is to live in New Jersey.

Where did those photos come from, anyhow? I see that the "date taken" info on the first .JPG is 4/25/2015, suggesting that they're fairly recent.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

New find last year. This is an instance when living in New Jersey would give you no advantage at all. This particular set is a TK -1 and was found 5,000 miles away in Russia.

[decojoe67]

That is mind-boggling find! For TV collectors like myself those "RR" series field-test televisions are the ultimate find. It's a piece of American television history. I would love to hear the whole story. So great it was unearthed before someone trashed it.

[Polaraligned]

Originally Posted by vts1134

was found 5,000 miles away in Russia.

That is funny. The first thing I thought when I saw that guy is that he does not look American. Must be the cloths.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Polaraligned

That is funny. The first thing I thought when I saw that guy is that he does not look American. Must be the cloths.

Same here. I had a feeling it was Russian because some of these RCA's were sent there. They have Russian markings on them:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_rr-359_russia.html