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Old 03-13-2013, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve McVoy View Post
I was thinking about 50s UHF converters. I don't know of a single one that had a RF amplifier. Given the problems with UHF reception and the very poor noise figure of converters with no RF amps, why didn't at least one manufacturer make a premium model with an amp? They had the technology and it wouldn't have been terribly expensive.
I wonder about that big clunker of a converter, the RCA U70.
I have to look at the schematic. It's really a complicated beast.
Also, look at the tuner in the CT100. It's simular to the tuner in the all channel 1953 RCA, all channel sets. It sure is food for thought.
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