What's so great about RCA?

[Tubejunke]

Well, I am pleased to have tuned in today to see that my "rant" evolved into a well worded and educational reasoning behind some of my observations, and/or complaints. I feel better about my Zenith "roundie" which I had began to think might be another boat anchor. I, like at least one other member that posted, do not have the room to rescue every unwanted vintage TV that I find. Just the 8 or 10 that I do have keep my place so cluttered that I can't hardly work on them without moving a whole room around. As I mentioned, and more than once, I have tried to give away sets just to make room and to make sure that they go to a good home. The sad reality is that if a person can't find a home for a set, then it's either stripped of re-usable parts and the cabinet broken apart, or off to the Goodwill store where it will likely end up in a dumpster as a whole unit. So the former destructive idea at least saves a few parts. Mt 59 Space Command, that nearly everyone has probably heard about by now, is a great example of how a potentially wonderful "save" can end up as garbage because I couldn't and can't find a home. Maybe it is fate because the set is really a good looking set with a large 24" CRT that would be a GREAT candidate for a daily viewer if I ever find the short in the vertical circuitry that causes little or no sweep and a constant volume adjustable hum in the sound. The longer I look at it, the more value I see in it's beauty, AND the large CRT to me makes it a bit odd as typical sets then were 21".

If any of you 40's lovers are reading this, I have an RCA 8T-243 sitting on top of the Space Command that I am tired of looking at. Frankly, it's not even half as nice looing as it's wothless companion. It needs a home, but since they are "collectable" it will not be a freebie. Really the Space Command shouldn't be, but as we have mentioned, sets of that era simply are hard to get rid of unless you live in close proximity to a well to do collector with a lot of space (no pun).