Hey from NC

[jsowers]

Hello to everyone in old TV and radio land. I've been collecting radios since I was a kid in elementary school, when, after nagging and nagging my father, I got a 1946 Silvertone console for $5 from an antique shop and it worked when I got it home. I was hooked.

I also have some old TVs I've collected over the years, including my family's first color TV, which resides in my living room. It's a 1969 GE 21" table model. I think it's the KE chassis. It was our main TV from 1969 to 1986 and full of Compactrons, most of them original. I have fond memories of watching Dark Shadows after school on that thing, on UHF because the local ABC affiliate didn't carry it. It's been struck by lightning twice, and fixed by me.

I also collect old Bell System telephones and I have a huge collection of LPs and old Christmas stuff. Needless to say, my basement is full, as is the rest of my house.

I'm recently retired from over 28 years with the same school system working in IT, so I'm hoping to finally getting around to working on some of my collection. I took TV and radio servicing in Community College 30 years ago, but my skills have gotten rusty working on computers.

My avatar is the dial from the 1936 Silvertone in my kitchen. I also have a 1941 Philco table model in the kitchen and a 1942 Philco console and a Danish Modern Grundig-Majestic console in the spare bedroom--all of them working.

I've been lurking for a while and enjoyed reading all the threads on the TVs and radios y'all have rescued and restored and I look forward to sharing my restorations too.