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Originally Posted by jr_tech
I don't believe that they were ever "banned"... but the FCC required that the tuning method *must be the same* for both bands. If the VHF band was also continuous tuned it was ok for The UHF. Many small portables, such as the flat tube Sonys used continuous tuning through the 80s-90 or later, when digital tuning took over.
jr
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That is why I prefaced that statement with "I think"....It's been too long since I last saw info on the specifics of that to be sure I had it completely right. Thanks for clarifying.
02-13-2016, 03:37 PM
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