This month I'm introducing the new queen of my collection, a color RCA CT-100 Television from 1954. As the first color set to sell in meaningful numbers, it holds an interesting place in TV history, so I wrote a companion article on CT-100 Electronic Design.

The newest additions to the TV gallery are my 1961 Sony 8-301W transistor portable and 1949 Westinghouse H-181 console. Now that the CT-100 project is drawing to a close, I can spend more time on these sets.

I delaying the refinishing work for a long time, but finally got refurbished cabinets for my RCA CTC-11, a color roundie, and the black and white DuMont RA-103.

Now that analog TV is dead, I've been having fun scooping up bargain-priced handheld televisions. Recent finds include a Panasonic Travelvision, Sony Watchman, Epson Elf, and Sony FDL-22. The last two are color LCD sets.

Another article describes how I set up a home TV transmitter to broadcast analog television throughout our house. A related page mentions my TV field strength meter.

My Stromberg-Carlson 440M console has been sitting in our entryway for years, and I finally got around to writing it up. Other new articles describe my KLH Twenty One FM tabletop, JVC Nivico early transistor, and Stewart-Warner 102-A cathedral.

For communications fans, I added an article with instructions for building a replica Hallicrafters R-12 Console Speaker.

My most recent major radio project was a Zenith 12-A-58 console, which some folks call the "Baby Stratosphere." Another unusual radio is the 1936 Philco 444, or English "People's set."

Other recent TV projects include my second color roundie, the RCA CTC-11A, and an RCA T-100 tabletop.

Don't miss the Literature area, where I have added Radio Craft articles from 1935 and 1936 and a 1936 piece on a modified Theremin known as the Terpsitone. Also new are several Short Wave Craft issues from 1933-1937, two 1954 QST magazines, and a unique 1958 issue of the UK publication Practical Television.

Recent restorations include a 1946 RCA 630TS television, Midwest DD-18 Art Deco console radio, 1948 National TV-7W television, and the mammoth Scott TV/radio/phono console.

Other newcomers to the gallery include a 1957 Motorola 66T1 transistor, a 1948 Pilot TV-37 television, a Precision 10-12 tube tester, a 1948 Hallicrafters T-54 TV, some Miniature Radio/TV Replicas, and two German propaganda radios: a Kleinempfänger DKE 38 and a Volksempfänger VE 301 Dyn from 1938.

If you're looking for a few more highlights, check these out: a 1941 Trophy Baseball radio, a rare Emerson "Snow White" Disney figural radio, a FADA 1000 Catalin jewel, and a red Tesla 308U Talisman.

Stay tuned!

Phil Nelson

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