On Tuners and UHF Mods/Adapters

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by bgadow

I have a 53 Emerson with a UHF strip installed for ch.16, which came on air locally in 54. I discovered this by accident, when I got the set working I discovered I could pick the station up great on one channel (probably 6, can't remember.)

Also, my Predicta (cheap 17", probably from a motel) has labels on it that say "use 6 for 21 and 4 for 27". I figured out at one point what city had those stations.

I think I might have some ch.16 strips in a jar somewhere, I think for a Zenith tuner.

I heard that Zenith made UHF strips for their early sets, such as the porthole models. There was always an empty slot in the turret, next to the channel two slot. I've never ran across one.