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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
Standard Coil made UHF strips, for almost every tuner they built. The strips worked a little better in the cascode tuners, but they were available for the penthode tuners as well. They didn't work as well, plus the UHF transmitting power was rather weak. Once they upped the power, they worked fairly well.
I remember, Zenith used strips, more than other firms. In the Neutrode tuners there was a separate set of contacts, just for the UHF antenna.
I could go on and on about UHF tuners, as Milwaukee was a UHF town, from early 1953.
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Interesting. I gather this relied on your tuner being able to oscillate at the correct frequency - so you had to have an oscillator tube that could handle it? Or was it so that nearly all VHF oscillators could work at UHF frequencies?
Also... does anyone have comments on single-tube vs 2-tube UHF converter boxes? I heard folks say the 2 tube ones were better/less finicky, but does that still make a difference for signal quality if you feed it cable?