Videokarma.org

Go Back   Videokarma.org TV - Video - Vintage Television & Radio Forums > Vintage TV & Radio Tech Forum

We appreciate your help

in keeping this site going.
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-13-2010, 03:14 PM
bandersen's Avatar
bandersen bandersen is offline
RCA 741PCS
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 8,085
Motorola Strata-Tuner TC101

Does anyone know what exactly this unit does? Is it just a tuned RF amp, or does it down-convert UHF to VHF ? If so, on what channel ?


__________________
Here are my Vintage Radio & TV YouTube Channel and Photo Gallery
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 01-19-2010, 04:26 PM
bandersen's Avatar
bandersen bandersen is offline
RCA 741PCS
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 8,085
Alrighty then. If no one has any info on this guy, I'll just have to restore it to see what it does

The reason I'm curious at all is because we still have at least 6 analog UHF stations broadcasting in Chicago. If this is a down-converter, I should be able to view them on a VHF only set - I think
__________________
Here are my Vintage Radio & TV YouTube Channel and Photo Gallery
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 01-19-2010, 04:33 PM
bandersen's Avatar
bandersen bandersen is offline
RCA 741PCS
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 8,085
Ah-ha! I just stumbled across this guy's page: http://tv-boxes.com/
Apparently, it is a downconverter to channel 5 or 6

Check out his collection - truly impressive. I didn't think anyone collected these.
__________________
Here are my Vintage Radio & TV YouTube Channel and Photo Gallery
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 01-22-2010, 02:20 PM
bandersen's Avatar
bandersen bandersen is offline
RCA 741PCS
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 8,085
I was able to get this unit working and discovered about 8 analog UHF stations still broadcasting !
Mainly crap , but at least one showing vintage programming.

Who says analog is dead ?



Here's a video showing it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZDLsAdcxoI
__________________
Here are my Vintage Radio & TV YouTube Channel and Photo Gallery

Last edited by bandersen; 11-13-2014 at 02:45 PM.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:35 AM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
©Copyright 2012 VideoKarma.org, All rights reserved.