RCA CTC 35A Color Tube Console TV and Uship

Testing and prepping vintage 1960s rca color tv for shipment to its new home. There are more that need good homes

[@wecontrolthevideo]

The test signal at 24:30 is called multi burst and is designed to measure frequency response and therefore resolution of the video. I used to do a lot of TV DXing in the 60’s and 70’s, and this set would have been an excellent receiver. I received TV stations from 41 different states over the years. Many late nights waiting for stronger stations to sign off and see what was coming in underneath when conditions were good. Makes me nostalgic for the days seeing all those weak noisy signals. With analog you could make out a picture when it was buried in noise, and digital it is all or nothing.

[@olradguy]

I picked up KOLD TV from Tuscon,AZ, using an old lazy X antenna my aunt gave me strapped to a clothesline post maybe 8 feet off the ground in the daytime, in ne Ohio.

[@dave1135]

That driver, being private, knows his stuff. All his loads were well secured. That tv will make it perfectly. That was nice showing how good the driver is

[@byrnejr]

I don’t sell tools period! But I have given some tools I had more then one of,to younger folks that are starting out and are eager to learn and show promise. Nice video thanks for sharing

[@craignehring]

The exciting Adventures of shango066 and his many forays into vintage color televisions sharing his spoils with the KZbin masses. Bravo... Well done once again

[@1marcelfilms]

I love how the remote adds 25 watts

[@force311999]

it is like a radio chassis that never shuts off added to the TV

[@1marcelfilms]

lovely.

[@LMacNeill]

Back when TVs were actually pieces of furniture, not just wall-hangings like today. And you could fix them when they broke.

[@rsattahip]

Today you can not even see half the components without magnification and good luck soldering some of those IC's even with the right equipment. Also, it never forgot it was a TV as do some of the new sets when a PROM loses its memory for whatever reason.

[@OlegKostoglatov]

Very few actually repair those on the component level, usually they just replace circuit boards. Fortunately when something goes wrong it's usually in the power supply section where they still used some through the hole style components, and not strictly surface mount junk.

[@Thujaplicata1]

@@OlegKostoglatov I recently gave up trying to repair newer tvs. I hate surface mount components and lead free solder. I've fixed tvs for over 20 years, and all the newer ones end up having rediculous problems with then panels, or main boards involving huge surface mount ICS, often BGA. I really only do old stuff like transistor radios and old tvs these days. It's a hobby now. Wish it could be more than that but that's the way it is now.

[@OlegKostoglatov]

That lead free solder fiasco burns me up, it was the E.U that started that nonsense. Save the environment by using defective solder, that causes equipment to fail prematurely, so it has to be replaced by more of the same from the PRC, who has just such a wonderful reputation for quality and "environmental stewardship". I don't know if the newer lead free solder has improved but two things it was noted for was tin whiskers and craked joints.

[@Thujaplicata1]

@@OlegKostoglatov you're right. I hung on for way longer than most people when it came to fixing tvs. Way longer. I got access to a massive amount of broken sets not long ago, the amount that were actually fixable was so low, I decided to call it quits. I now only fix older items that actually have a chance of being repaired.

[@frankscarano4708]

My 1st color tv i ever had as a kid was a CTC35 I had in my bedroom. Was given to me when i was 13 and i fixed it and used it for a good 3 years and gave it to my sister and she used it for another 5 years before it died.

[@balthromaw6305]

21:20 LMAO nice sneeze... hahaha

[@alphabeets]

All that work so we can all enjoy Guadalupe Radio. Thanks, Shango!

[@ShlisaShell]

I prefer my low light camera too. I wish all my cameras were. ~I own two vintage Magnavox. 80's. I use mine for video games and stereo. One of my Magnavox consoles is a tall 27 inch TV, VCR, and 3disc stereo deck with four speakers. I have hooked up my modern MP3 player to it. And I can run bluetooth. I've never got into maintenance and repair.

[@JohnnyUmphress]

I use to have a Beltron. Bought it new back in the day. I wasn't really enthused over it but it did shine when it came to rejuvenation. I could extend a customers CRT for about another year. Wow, what a MSRP markup they had on CRTs then. I made a killing on replacements.

[@rsattahip]

The 25ap22a lasted about 3 years in a brand new set subjected to high-normal use. The plastic find tuning gear in the tuner was designed to break and had to be replaced as an assembly, buying an RCA was a mistake back then. Zenith TVs were things of beauty in their day. Anyone old enough to remember these things realizes they were not that great.

[@JohnnyUmphress]

@@rsattahip True. I was a big Zenith fan back then even though I worked for an RCA dealer. I use to only buy Zeniths for myself too. But now I have a fondness for the old RCAs mainly due to nostalgia. I pulled a lot of service calls on RCAs back then. I am always on the hunt for a console but they are very rare down here in the Ozarks.

[@rsattahip]

It's about time, who told you to take a vacation? (smile) I started fixing TV's about 50 years ago and have never seen anyone change the horizontal output tube in a running set. After watching your channel, the idiots with their variacs and lectures about isolation transformers just aren't entertaining. You're great.

[@Art7220]

I've never seen Shango066 hook up a Roku to an old TV yet. Shouldn't be too hard to find the video input to hook into.

[@OlegKostoglatov]

I must confess that I do use a variable transformer whilst powering up something for the first time, but I only power it up to see what I have to do next. I have a few isolation transformers but I have never actually used one, I've been working on Ac/Dc radios for years and figured that it's best just to stick to the one handed rule if it's live, or unplug the set if I need to do more more work to it. I don't lecture people about electrical safety, if you don't know your way around a soldering iron, or how to connect a plug to a power cord, then you probably shouldn't be working on tube electronics. If you want to discuss idiocy, the ones trying to figure out the polarity of a non polarized polyester film cap are something to contemplate. However if people didn't think that way then the health supplement industry, chiropractors, audiophool equipment dealers, and psychics would be all out of work.

[@joseph9770]

​@@Art7220 He bypasses tuners in many videos.

[@chrisingle5839]

Thank you for explaining the U Ship thing. I honestly had no experience with anyone who ever had used it.

[@hestheMaster]

Our first color TV that my dad brought home from a repair shop. The original owner bought a new set and didn't want this one. It worked great for about ten years! Remember watching Bozo Circus on it on WGN-TV back then! RCA color TV was amazing as well as Shango getting it to work once again!

[@Acein3055]

I remember how the tuner attached to the chassis on these RCAs so one could carry the chassis to the truck and leave the cabinet in the house. Back then there were men who specialized in dinged cabinet repairs from hauling the entire TV into the shop.

[@crazystuddd]

i miss your longer videos

[@abc-ni9uw]

Same same

[@phantom240]

The color on that set is fantastic. Whoever adopts it is getting one sweet set.

[@bigsky1970]

My folks had an RCA color set, about like this one, but it didn't have legs, so it sat right on the floor. When you were doing the sensitivity on the tuner, the lowest power reminded me of the picture we got from an NBC and CBS stations about 100 miles from my parents house. Snowy picture, color lock, and sound with very little hiss. I agree with you Shango, some of those RCA's were awesome sets.

[@goyadressunofficial]

My grandparents had a Hitachi console. It got passed to my parents and we ran it until the CRT got really tired. Lasted for decades of high-normal use. Our Philco-Ford tabletop TV only lasted a few years.

[@scooterboi8761]

I grew up with this same model TV!! It had to be repaired few times, but it lasted for well over 15 years before I had to let it go.

[@n8nkqrp595]

I've known for some time that there was the copper age, bronze age, iron age, etc. I leanred tonight that "this is the age of smoke". Oh man, there is NOTHING i love more in Shango's vids than when he pronounces the state of an item as being "baked". It's the way Shango says it! When Dr. Shango pronounces a patent's condition as "baked" it's a death sentence of a diagnosis. 73 Shamgo!

[@michal98ify]

Your videos are awesome, Shango. Really enjoy your humor ;)

[@davepike6170]

"Fess-up now...which one of our Minnesotan friends is getting this nice RCA?" 😊😉

[@carolriley9392]

just a shout out from another fan! Huge inspiration to me!! thanks for all your videos!

[@the.internet]

If I lived in the States I'd love to buy a TV you've restored. Honestly, I bet there are a load of us who aren't confident or knowledgeable with electronics like this but would love to own something classic like this! Your labour is worth £££s and passion that goes into your restorations pretty priceless. Good work!

[@johnsmith6586]

My grandmother had this exact set. It had a great picture but was a boat anchor. She was constantly having to call the TV man. The tuner would lock up, would sometimes lose the video, or the color would be messed up even when you attempted to adjust the color/tint.

[@zx8401ztv]

Very solid colour decoding, spot on.

[@mikemoyercell]

someones is getting a nice performing set. nice video - i will def keep uship in my head for if i ever need it!

[@TheCrystalGlow]

Hello from bakersfield! Hope you have a great day. :)

[@dkenmiller9829]

I've repaired hundreds of RCA TVs from that era. They all had failure prone flyback transformers. We used to say they came out of the factory with a guaranteed to fail flyback.They would also develop intermittent problems due to the tube sockets soldered directly onto the phenolic circuit boards. Heat-cool cycling would cause failure in the solder connections. The wafer switch type tuners required frequent cleaning. I could go on but you get the idea.

[@Bruce_Wayne35]

I had one in the late '80s. I think it was a CTC28 chassis. The color would blink on and off. What do you think caused that? At the time, I had no idea, as I was just beginning to work on tvs, but looking back, I think maybe the 3.579 Mhz oscillator crystal may have been getting flaky on me.

[@douglasmorrison9098]

Wow That white spot on the black wire coming from that flyback transformer where that wire comes around that metal mount pole raises concerns

[@waltschannel7465]

Hi-Lite tubes were the all new ones. Colorama tubes were the RCA factory rebuilds with all new guns. That's a really really nice set! Wish I could close the 1500 mile gap between us! 🤩

[@gamera1962]

Now this is a set that brings back memories.

[@Flexin010]

That TV's got a lot of bass! Cool!

[@HD7100]

That set sure had a nice color picture on it at the end.

[@maniatore2006]

i wish i could find such a TV like That, thank you for the video :)

[@rickjohnson1632]

Love your vids 👍

[@repairitdontreplaceit]

that bk brings back happy memories :)

[@francishusnik]

Came to my home state! Cool!

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Interesting. Hope it gets a good home. :)

[@abc-ni9uw]

Let's hope the driver doesn't brake hard so the TV will crush the chassis 😯

[@IchbinGroot]

Great Job ;=), very great TV set and Repair Video ;=) . USHIP with a Mercedes Sprinter ;=) .

[@MsCori76]

You sneeze cute. LOL There is a show on tv on the A&E channel called " Shipping Wars " where about 5 people bid on items that need shipping to locations in the US & whoever wins the bid within the time, gets the shipping job. So I take it, U-Ship would be like that. That is a nice tv too. Love you Shango xoxo

[@Rfk1966]

Have to admit this RCA performs better than the zenith I sent you. We were a zenith family, but this set may have convinced me otherwise back in the day

[@JohnnyUmphress]

Dang I wish you were closer to me. I just cannot find tube sets around here.

[@garp32]

Thanks for the tutorial on U ship!

[@abc-ni9uw]

Thanks alot shango

[@tmastersat]

Aaaa ctc35a. Think i have one of those chassis. That cabnet looks great.

[@martinda7446]

Please can we have a Christmas special O Great One? If not I will have to sit down with the family and watch the Queen like usual.

[@tomfranco4866]

Shango you must live near LAX obviously love these old vintage RCA sets when they run right they produce a beautiful picture but built a little on the cheap side to me😍

[@duanethamm4688]

WHEN they work right they are great. Always loose connections. Flyback usually bad if original. VHF tuner gear breaks and channel display is in between channels. Horizontal goes out of sync easily compared to Zenith. All said this RCA model is beautiful. Nicer looking cosmetically then Zenith. I had the metal table model of this TV when I was a kid and loved it.

[@davidarnette327]

Don't try this at home kids, this is a good way to "klinko-twinkulate your sqinkulator" .....it has to be the radiation from the tubes

[@DavenHiskey]

You sound like the lead singer of the B52`s

[@1112223333111]

Thats a pretty hot receiver, I'd keep it. There is a 6MJ6 thats as stout as they get for novar base

[@justincase3880]

I remember my Mom said our TV (like this one), was “a piece of furniture” …

[@electronguy3964]

God bless you.

[@davepike6170]

Good old RCA color! I sure hope the adoption goes through, way too nice a set to become a pet bed!

[@redneckbryon]

Hopefully it arrived safely, there has been U-Ship horror stories. But this is definitely not the first Vintage TV they have shipped. I remember one episode a guy collecting vintage TVs he was younger in his late 20s early 30s and every night he would turn all of them on and watch the news, just think how much power he was using

[@crist67mustang]

21:26 Hesunhait! XD I always watch your vídeos repairing old TV sets. It's my passion. (PD: What horrible is christian religion about donations as I can hear Mexican chanels.) Greetings from Santuago, Chile.

[@mrjason9382]

Thanks for shareing

[@waltschannel7465]

Cool info about UShip. Maybe the gap is closed!

[@orange70383]

I remember that RCA said the 6LQ6 could survive for intermittent use a plate dissipation of 200 watts for up to 40 seconds of output then 5 minutes off cycle without harm.

[@nippypawster9644]

Remember its Christmas, the best time of the year, and worst for others. Share a good gift. The gift of life, and change. #savealife #suicidehotline Spread the word.

[@p.thadeushornswoggler4987]

i bought a motorcycle and had it shipped uship. the guys truck broke down and he went home and didn't return phone calls for 6 days. i finally found out where he lived after many phone calls and google searches and drove there (10 hours round trip) with a trailer, tracked him down and got the motorcycle. it was kind of a nightmare. make sure the delivery guy has good reviews and ask them what kind of vehicle they are driving and the condition of the vehicle.

[@jake2213b]

They use to be a TV Show that had drivers for U Ship on how they bid and follow the item to the other end. Oh yes they will have to make it good if the items are damage.

[@dougbrowning82]

Shipping Wars, produced by Megalomedia for A&E from January 2012 to April 2015. 100 episodes. It's on KZbin somewhere.

[@margaqrt]

Greetings sir from MN. Though I'm not the adopting parent. Nice video as usual, de KE0RFZ.

[@pneumatic00]

Minnesota? From LA? In December? I think I'm speechless.

[@abc-ni9uw]

At 24:00+ is that a glass graze/scratch on the glass or can that be removed ? 6oclock position on the screen ? Bottom middle

[@cvbabc]

Come to Torrance and get your flyback re-waxed.

[@fsjonsey]

Shango, what are your thoughts on the Sencore Super Mack? Is it a CRT tester/rejuvenator that you would trust?

[@michellesika5759]

Where is the best place for us to find old CRT TVs? I can find 2000s and maybe some 90s sets in thrift stores and sooomeetimmesss on the curb, but what about older? I did find a TV from 1988 that I will be making a diagnostic and repair video on soon!

[@RoughJustice2k18]

RCA CTC-35 ready for shipping. Note to new owner - "Some assembly may be required."

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I’m not experienced with vintage televisions but back in the day there were certain models available in the U.K. that were fire traps and went up in flames regularly. I wonder if you had the same issues in the USA. Thanks Regards Chris

[@OlegKostoglatov]

The only ones I can recall being a problem were some of the early Zenith Chromocolor II sets, they had a crappy safety capacitor that would go open circuit, the high voltage would spike, causing arcing inside, which could apparently launch the guns right through the face of the picture tube. That was taken care of through an extensive recall program and all such sets with the defective safety caps were repaired within the first year. There are enough retired TV repairmen on here that would know of other such examples, most that I have heard of were early solid state colour TVs, the idea was a little too far ahead of the technology in such cases I think.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

is there any 6mhz if getting though to the sound demodulater.

[@jessehudnall6492]

Would it be advisable, To install a fan and vents on the fly back cage in an older tube driven RCA? From the years I’ve watched you and my own experience. The weak link on the RCA sets are the fly back burning up.

[@AMStationEngineer]

Agreed, and the 3DC3/3DJ3 HV, plus the focus rectifier stick. With that said, this series, and the licensed clones, were definitely among the most easily repaired and cheap to own sets of the Twentieth Century.

[@olradguy]

These RCA flys that had the cup connector on top were good for arcing down the side of the donut coil, the clones used a wire lead to the plate of the rectifier tube and were less prone to arcing. Beware of RCA 6GH8 tubes with the black filament coating, they are bad for H-K shorts, that holds true for all the black filament tubes, I quit using RCA tubes with those black filaments because of problems, the older white coated ones were much more reliable.

[@chillidogkev]

How does that TV tube tester actually work when it's testing the different colour guns? I don't know much about TVs but love watching these videos so if anyone could enlighten me I'd be very grateful. Thanks.

[@ralphhoskins2115]

I just want to know what this guy paid for shipping on this set?? I would absolutely love to have one of these,awesome shango sets!!

[@davidraezer5937]

How do I contact you? Would like to give you some electronics for your videos. I love your methods of diagnosis.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Watch out for wild high voltage *corona* arcing around the flyback in any vintage tube TV - you might catch a "virus" from it.

[@kinura26]

Im from Minneapolis I wonder if I know the recipient. the Pavek Museum has a good selection of radios and tvs

[@bones007able]

How different is the ctc35A from the ctc28AA? I have one that was working then turned it on one day and it sounded like a major hum and the horizontal tube started to red plate...mine also has a replacement Hi-Lite tube and the fly back looks new as well

[@shango066]

Very similar

[@carolriley9392]

Hello Shango I have a old stromberg-carlson portable shortwave radio and I have messed something up I have another Parts chassis as well for it and a lot of replacement capacitors and parts how do I get in contact with you to do a repair video on this and also discuss pricing thanks so very much you're the best

[@collingreat1834]

Do you sell any old tv you work on because I collect them ?

[@tech45]

Da plane,Da plane:)

[@radiotvphononut]

I think 6LF6 is the super expensive Zenith tube.

[@worroSfOretsevraH]

Hey shango066, what happened to the 1948 Hoffman?

[@leonardjackson6717]

How do I get in contact with u about getting one of them television

[@astral16]

Bless you 21:20

[@darrellgarrett6877]

If I wanted this television set if I wanted the Circe a television set how could I get it shipped to me in Oak Park Illinois or maybe you have a Zenith television set

[@madmanmapper]

21:20 GESUNDHEIT!

[@KameraShy]

More like SALUD! He's in Mexifornia.

[@martinda7446]

Anybody know the history why the HMV logo is shared with Victor RCA? As far as I know at this time HMV was owned by Decca (Marconiphone/Columbia) and was a UK company. Decca made some flippin lovely sets (with their Mullard tubes). In the UK of course we were decades behind the States for colour TV and it didn't appear until 1967 and the launch of our third TV channel (wow!) BBC2. I still remember very well waiting for the launch of the fourth channel, unsurprisingly called Channel 4 in I think 1982? The TV didn't start till 9.30am and it closed down around midnight until TV AM arrived in the mid 80s, then it wasn't long before CH4 and ITV (the independent channels) started broadcasting through the night. I remember bunking off school in the 70s to make sure I caught ''The Champions''. ITV in London was switched on with quite a performance in the mornings. First the colour bars might pop up and sometimes the test card or just straight to the clock where an announcer would say as the hand struck the twelve, '' This is Thames Television, broadcasting from the London transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Authority'' and the wonderful start up music for Thames and would play through in full. (it is here on KZbin - Thames start up). Edit: I felt like I had been shot when they lost the broadcasting rights.

[@OlegKostoglatov]

The reason for that is somewhat complicated, the Victor Talking Machine Company owned half of the Gramophone company of Great Britain, and when RCA bought out Victor in 1929 they took over Victor's share. The Gramophone Company merged with Columbia in 1931 creating Electrical Music Industries, or EMI, after which RCA owned 25% of the new company. For anti trust reasons RCA-VIctor first had to sell the American Columbia Records to Brunswick, then Brunswick sold out it's record division to the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1938, or CBS. RCA-Victor also sold off it's 25% stake in EMI in 1935, probably for similar reasons. I'm sure I got a few details wrong, but you almost need a flow chart to keep track of who owned whom, and why?

[@dougbrowning82]

HMV (His Master's Voice) was started by Emile Berliner, inventor of the disk gramophone, to sell records and players. The trademark of a part terrier dog, Nipper, listening to a phonograph, and the company name came from a french painting. The HMV name, Nipper trademark, and gramophone patents were later acquired in America by the Victor Talking Machine Company (long, convoluted story), developers of the Victrola, a gramophone machine with its horn concealed inside its cabinet. Victor was eventually bought out by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA, and for many years, the company operated as RCA-Victor. In the late 1960s, the Nipper and His Master's Voice trademarks were retired, in favor of a block RCA logo, but after the purchase and subsequent split up of the company in 1984 by General Electric, the old brands started to re appear. The music division now belongs to Sony Music, the appliance division now licensed to Haier Group, and the consumer electronics division is owned by Thompson Group (Technicolor) who licenses the brand to several manufacturers, including Curtis Electronics. The last part of the old HMV was the Canadian arm of a formerly international music and gift retail chain, which closed five years ago.

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

Convergence assembly goes heere.. and the airplane goes up in the skyyyeee... RRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm......

[@tonyp7779]

shango cleaning house?

[@tonyp7779]

will it become a pet bed??

[@darrellgarrett6877]

There is a Zenith 20 in 1968 or 1969 colored television set colored 20in do you have one you could send to me

[@ghsgtnayhmd4792]

There are more that need homes?! How can I contact you?

[@bluemetal04606]

Basically, watch shipping wars if you want to know more about how uship works lol

[@mrjason9382]

Like

[@tmastersat]

Belton i have a homemade copy if that machine

[@RICHIECOQUI]

Guadalupe Radio ?? it picking a radio station??

[@dwagner6]

Richie A it’s broadcasted as a tv channel in the Southern California area. But the same as the radio broadcast.

[@JacGoudsmit]

It's a low-power analog TV station that transmits at the top of the low VHF band (band I), so it overlaps with the FM radio band (band II). That way you can pick it up with a TV on channel 6 and with am FM radio receiver at 88MHz. I think the transmitter is just across the Mexican border in Tijuana.

[@Xplasma1]

@@JacGoudsmit Channel 6's audio carrier is 87.75 Mhz. I first found that out in an old book about antennas from Radio Shack. Never forgot that because it led me to discovering that playing with the fine tuning knobs would bring in FM stations.

[@1L6E6VHF]

@@dwagner6 I'm guessing it is a Channel 6 analog TV station being used as an FM radio station. Channel 6 audio is 87.75 MHz. Most FM radios tuned by a knob can receive that frequency. TV DXers call these stations "Franken FMs", because they are actually used for the radio broadcast (the picture is merely an FCC-mandated inconvenience). I believe there are about 20 of them in the country. One such station in Chicago beat a 50kW class A clear in the ratings by a wide margin!

[@FonMeller]

"Mucha comida por aqui, claro!"