RCA U70 UHF Converter

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

I suppose you could use this UHF converter to downconvert ATSC DTV UHF TV stations and set the ATSC converter box to channel 6. I tried it and I did get a few DTV stations coming in on channel 6, though as we all know DTV is kinda fussy to get to work. You could place this UHF converter next to a HDTV, feeding it, flat panel, and amuse your friends by tuning the UHF converter to get stations in Hi Def.

Wow! I tried the same experiment and could not get anything out of the DTV converter... I figured that I did not have enough signal (outdoor antenna about 12 miles to the transmitter) to overcome the terrible noise figure of the old UHF converter, or perhaps the UHF converter was not stable enough.

jr