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Old 02-27-2012, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Reece View Post
Of course they had it as an option. When I was a kid a friend had a 21" mahogany Philco about 1952 vintage with the UHF sliderule dial like a radio dial in the middle of the control panel. Turning the turret tuner to UHF illuminated the slide rule dial and its continuous tuning.
Philco furnished a conversion kit that fitted perfectly. It had an adaptor plug the went between the audio output tube and the socket.
Milwaukee was a UHF town real early. It was all politics. Chicago didn't have UHF until the 60's.
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