A collaboration by this author and Thor Danelsen from Norway. This work was inspired by the two successful Mars Rover landings in 2004 and conceptually rendered in April, 2004.
Two recon ships, Spirit9 and Hope4 fly a routine patrol over Danelsen River Gorge in Sector 7, Southwest quadrant of Mars. Mars rover Spirit led to it’s discovery way back in 2004.
The “blue planet”, Earth, can be seen overhead through the hazy atmosphere created by dust storms.
It was natural for the human race to build habitat near the water source. This river is permanently iced over, only liquifying in the Martian summer.
In September, 2015, NASA announced the discovery of seasonal flowing waters on Mars.
Outstanding work on the Worthington. Some of the finest off screen images I have ever viewed of a restored 50’s era roundie. Ed would be very happy with the result.
Hello, I have a KVX370. I turn it on every so often to see if it is still working. The last time I turned it on I had the same problem with the screen getting smaller. I am assuming it is the leaking capacitors problem. Is this an expensive fix or a worthwhile repair?Is it possible to direct me to your repair technician Andy Cuffe
It very well good be the problem. Once the bad batch of leaking caps are replaced, the set is stable. Considering the rarity of your set, we think it’s a good investment to repair. We will forward your question to Andy. Hope it’s an easy fix.
Mike did a superb job on restoring this set. My hats off to him. I just love the picture on these old RCAs and the Worthington CTC-7 is my favorite model. I could of repaired it too as I worked on a lot of those RCA models in the good old tube days. I also worked for Quasar for 9 years on the VHS system. So my knowledge is vast. I liked the way Mike figured out the horizontal bend problem and the centering problem with the flyback. That horizontal bend problem would of been a bear. I had a Quasar that was bending like yours and no one could fix it. It turned out the flyback had a few shorted turns and was returning slightly too much voltage back to the HV protect circuit. In this model the HV protect was designed to pull the oscillator off if the HV got too high. In this case it was slightly high and just enough to put a bend in the picture like you had. Defiantly a bear too. Your set is just beautiful!
The thermal delay relay (M13) that has been long discontinued, how come Mike did not make/design a replacement rather than bypass it? That’s not hard to do. You could use a time delay relay or make your own with a RC network and a relay or use a digital delay. That device is in there to prevent cold cathode emissions which without it could reduce the life of the tubes especially the horizontals output. RCA engineering did not put that in there just to make the set cost more. Just a friendly suggestion though.
A collaboration by this author and Thor Danelsen from Norway. This work was inspired by the two successful Mars Rover landings in 2004 and conceptually rendered in April, 2004.
Two recon ships, Spirit9 and Hope4 fly a routine patrol over Danelsen River Gorge in Sector 7, Southwest quadrant of Mars. Mars rover Spirit led to it’s discovery way back in 2004.
The “blue planet”, Earth, can be seen overhead through the hazy atmosphere created by dust storms.
It was natural for the human race to build habitat near the water source. This river is permanently iced over, only liquifying in the Martian summer.
In September, 2015, NASA announced the discovery of seasonal flowing waters on Mars.
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Marshall,
Outstanding work on the Worthington. Some of the finest off screen images I have ever viewed of a restored 50’s era roundie. Ed would be very happy with the result.
Thanks for posting,
-Steve D.
Thanks Steve. 🙂
Hello, I have a KVX370. I turn it on every so often to see if it is still working. The last time I turned it on I had the same problem with the screen getting smaller. I am assuming it is the leaking capacitors problem. Is this an expensive fix or a worthwhile repair?Is it possible to direct me to your repair technician Andy Cuffe
It very well good be the problem. Once the bad batch of leaking caps are replaced, the set is stable. Considering the rarity of your set, we think it’s a good investment to repair. We will forward your question to Andy. Hope it’s an easy fix.
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Mike did a superb job on restoring this set. My hats off to him. I just love the picture on these old RCAs and the Worthington CTC-7 is my favorite model. I could of repaired it too as I worked on a lot of those RCA models in the good old tube days. I also worked for Quasar for 9 years on the VHS system. So my knowledge is vast. I liked the way Mike figured out the horizontal bend problem and the centering problem with the flyback. That horizontal bend problem would of been a bear. I had a Quasar that was bending like yours and no one could fix it. It turned out the flyback had a few shorted turns and was returning slightly too much voltage back to the HV protect circuit. In this model the HV protect was designed to pull the oscillator off if the HV got too high. In this case it was slightly high and just enough to put a bend in the picture like you had. Defiantly a bear too. Your set is just beautiful!
Thanks Larry. It’s my favorite also.
The thermal delay relay (M13) that has been long discontinued, how come Mike did not make/design a replacement rather than bypass it? That’s not hard to do. You could use a time delay relay or make your own with a RC network and a relay or use a digital delay. That device is in there to prevent cold cathode emissions which without it could reduce the life of the tubes especially the horizontals output. RCA engineering did not put that in there just to make the set cost more. Just a friendly suggestion though.
I don’t know Larry. Next time I talk to Mike, I will ask. Thank you for your suggestion.