Greetings from FixitLand!
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Originally Posted by Charlie
Is this a big drum tuner? It's likely those blanks could have strips installed for specifc UHF channels that were in your area... and they gave you provisions for two channels instead of just one.
I think it would be really cool to find an early set with a UHF channel strip installed. It's always possible to have one and not realize it. It would be easily overlooked. The tuner drum in my Zenith PH has a empty spot where one could easily be installed. The drum on my Bendix does not. Makes me wonder about the Sentinel 7" sets... there's an extra click in the tuner and it's not labeled on the bezel.
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My '52 Zenith K1846R has a Channel 27 strip instead of Channel 3. When the set was new, KPTV Channel 27 was the only station in Portland, Oregon. We didn't get a VHF station until KOIN-TV 6 came on in 1953. Unfortunately for me, the folks from whom I got this set misplaced the Channel 3 strip long ago...
Take care,
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J. E. Knox "The Victor Freak"