RCA U70 UHF Converter

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Originally Posted by Reece

That is a hefty unit, power xfrmr and 5Y3 rectifier, no details spared. Nice pix on TV. This is the sort of thing you'll find for sale that people think is a radio, "powers up, but can't get any sound out of it."

Yeah, I have three other UHF converters that all use selenium rectifiers.

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Nice! I played with one of these units about a year ago... the UHF antenna terminal on the back did not appear to work... the only way I could get a picture was by using the SMA connector on the back as the UHF input. I assume that yours is working ok with the "normal" connection of the stacked bow-tie to the 300 ohm UHF terminals?
jr

Ah, so that's a UHF input on the back. Any idea what the RCA jack is for ? Maybe VHF input ?

Yes, I'm using the 300 ohm UHF terminals.