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RCA CTC-5 "Wescott" restoration

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11-02-2025, 04:46 PM

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My CTC-7s and I believe my CTC-9s used glass crystals...Since it's socketed on the 5 it may have been replaced before. It's not uncommon for the crystal to fail on sets of this vintage.

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Originally Posted by bandersen

Looks like RCA decided to save a few pennies and used a metal can crystal.

I have a few glass types I've saved over the years. Ah, that's better.

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