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About Me

I'm a Retired Chemistry Professor. I collect mineral specimens, old TVs (to 1950 for B&W, to 1956 for color), oddball and "first of a kind" TVs (like Philco Safari, Sony Indextron, etc.) and "boatanchor" radios. My obsession is to get each and every TV or radio working "to spec". I'm usually a member of the "total recap" school except for a couple of more recent boatanchors. I've only done a couple of "restuff" ones, the main one being the actual chassis of an RCA TRK-12 used by RCA to test their mods for the pre/post war channel assignment change.

In 1954 I asked Santa Claus for an RCA CT-100 color TV, because my cousin had one! I finally got it in 2014. See my avatar.The town I lived in (Ft. Worth TX) had local programs in color every day starting in 1954.

I'm also the genetic (DNA) genealogist for the Clan Donald (web page clandonaldusa.org). All McDonalds and associated names worldwide very welcome. We're free.

 

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retired