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  • May 15, 2020 at 8:25 pm #14348
    garykuster
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    What the heck is a Television Booster? Amplifier?

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    May 16, 2020 at 3:28 pm #14349
    Jean Marcotte
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    Same as steel wool on rabbit ears.

    Jean Marcotte

    May 16, 2020 at 3:51 pm #14350
    garykuster
    CVRS Member

    Thanks Jean, I was wondering, but suspected the antenna was involved because of the 2 in 2 out on the back. I guess it’s an antenna booster and tuner. Might be good for a Philco Tv. collector.

    May 17, 2020 at 7:10 am #14353
    John Greenland
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    Hey,

    It might make a nice rf amp for someone into tube radios on the low FM band.
    Channel 2 was 54 MHz

    It probably goes all the way to 200 + MHz.

    Just a thought.
    TTFN
    John G.

    May 17, 2020 at 2:25 pm #14354
    garykuster
    CVRS Member

    Good eye, I didn’t spot the lower Red scale. Wouldn’t it have to go to 300 Mhz to cover the whole scale?

    May 17, 2020 at 3:25 pm #14355
    John Greenland
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    Gary,

    The original channel 13 was at 216 MHz.
    The red scale is hard to read so I do not know if it has a channel 1 on it or not.
    Channel 1 did exist for a while.
    But we know where 48 Mhz went

    BTW , the 6J6 tubes are RF dual triodes that have been used in mixers at 600 MHz.

    TTFN
    John G.

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