Why no UHF converters with RF amp?

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Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Milwaukee was one of the larger cities that had UHF channels. Originally they were really low power. Anyone that wanted decent reception on UHF, had to install a corner reflector type UHF antenna.

Here is the first commercial station, KPTV ch 27 in Portland Oregon... 1 kW transmitter, with enough antenna gain to bring the ERP to 17.6 kW. Rain, wet trees, wet lead-in wire and hills made for generally poor reception... boosters/rf amplifiers, had they been available in 1952, would have sold like hotcakes.
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jr