UHF Converters in my collection
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Manufacturer |
Model |
Active Devices |
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Alliance |
Tube |
Brown plastic |
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Archer
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Transistor |
Brown plastic |
15-1127 |
Transistor |
Brown plastic (same as Channel Master 6708) |
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Astatic |
6T4, 6J6, 6BQ7A |
Metal, converter/booster |
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6T4 |
Metal "mahogany" finish. |
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Blonder-Tongue |
6AF4, 6ER5 |
Brown bakelite, channels 70-83 (translator channels) only |
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BT-70B Ampliverter |
Tube |
Beige, channels 70-83 (translator channels) |
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6AF4 |
Brown bakelite. Extremely common. |
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BTC-99R |
6AF4 |
Brown bakelite, with painted (?) chassis |
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BTC-99S |
Tube |
Beige plastic. 1962 |
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Tunnel (Esaki) Diode |
Battery powered, light brown plastic. 1963. |
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Tunnel (Esaki) Diode |
Battery powered, light brown plastic, with fancier wood-grain front panel. |
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BTU-2 |
6T4, 6AB4 |
Metal, brown. Their first home UHF converter, circa 1952. |
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6AF4, 6AB4 |
Brown bakelite. Circa 1953. |
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BTU-2-BG |
Tube |
(says BTU-2T on box) |
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BTU-2R |
6AF4, 6AB4 |
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BTU-2S |
6AF4A, 6ER5 |
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6AF4, 6ER5 |
Beige plastic. 1962 |
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Transistor |
Beige plastic. 1967 |
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BTX-999 |
Transistor |
Beige plastic. 1970 |
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Transistor |
Beige plastic |
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Transistor |
Brown plasic. Circa 1972 |
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BTX-66A |
Transistor |
Red plastic |
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UTB-1 U-Boost |
EC88/6DL4 |
Beige plastic, booster. 10 dB gain. 1963. |
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Bogen |
6AF4, 6BK7 |
Bakelite, brown. 1953 |
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Cardwell |
6AF4, 6CB6 |
Wood cabinet (mahogany) |
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Channel Master |
2 Nuvistors |
"Fringe Area" model. Tan metal cabinet. 1963 |
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Nuvistor |
Tan metal cabinet. 1963 |
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Transistor |
Brown plastic (same as Archer) |
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Transistor |
Gray plastic, low profile |
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Transistors |
Gray plastic, low profile |
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| Convertenna |
Transistor |
Antennas part of cabinet design |
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Co-Ax |
6AF4, 6GQ7, 6X4 |
Bakelite radio cabinet (Dewald 616) (same as Radio Receptor and others) |
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6AF4, 6BK7 |
Big pointer dial, black fake-aligator fabric over wood cabinet |
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6AF4, 6BK7 |
Big pointer dial, wood cabinet |
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Craig |
Tube |
Metal. Mounts on back of TV set, with knob pointing up. |
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Dumont |
Acorn tube |
Metal. Apparently a lab prototype |
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Elgin |
210 |
6AF4 |
Wood, open tuned lines |
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Energy Conversion Labs |
Transistor |
plastic |
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Electro-Voice |
6AF4, 6BC5 |
Metal, 1953 (the Suburban?) |
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6AF4 |
Metal, "by Harvey-Wells" |
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FADA |
tubes |
Wooden cabinet. Similar to Philco 200U internally. |
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tubes |
Cloth-covered wood. Radio Receptor internals. |
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Finco |
U-Vert 100 |
Transistor |
Brown plastic (same as Gavin 501-B) |
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Gavin |
501-B |
Transistor |
Brown plastic (same as Finco U-Vert 100) |
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Nuvistor |
Metal, rounded sides |
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General Electric |
6AF4, 12AT7 |
Very early (ca. 1952). Wood cabinet. |
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General Instrument |
Tube |
Brown plastic (same as Philco 200U) |
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Tube |
"Custom." Vinyl-covered metal |
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Tube |
"Deluxe." Vinyl-covered metal |
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Granco |
6AF4, 6BQ7A, 6X4 |
Wood & fabric |
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6AF4, 6CB6 |
Bakelite, brown |
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6AF4, 6BQ7,6X4 |
Metal |
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6AF4, 6CB6 |
Circa 1956. Brown plastic (also available in ivory). |
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6AF4, 6CB6 |
Brown plastic. Looks like Jerrold FTC. |
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tube |
Brown plastic. Looks like RCA WR-21A. |
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Jerrold |
6AF4, 6CB6 |
Same as Granco LCU inside. Available in ivory and brown. About 1958. |
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6DV4 (Nuvistor), Transistor |
Low profile, black plastic, metal front |
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Nuvistor |
Low profile, black plastic, metal front |
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Nuvistor, transistor |
Low profile, black plastic, metal front. For the Translator channels (70-83) |
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Transistor |
Tan plastic, battery powered |
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JFD |
CR1-J |
Transistor |
Gray plastic, slide rule dial |
Transistor |
Brown plastic, slide rule dial, circa 1967 |
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Johnson |
156 |
Transistor |
Metal, very plain |
Transistor |
Metal and plastic |
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Lifetime |
Transistor |
Metal |
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Mall-Ex |
6AF4, 6CB6 |
Wood cabinet, but with Mallory TV-101 innards. |
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Mallory |
Tubes |
Bakelite; about 25% smaller than the TV-101 |
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6AF4, 6CB6 |
Bakelite, 1952; one of the classics! |
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Motorola |
TC101 StrataTuner |
6AF4, 6BK7 |
Wood, mahogany. 1953 |
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TC101B StrataTuner |
6AF4, 6BK7 |
Wood, blonde ("bleached oak"). 1953 |
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Philco |
6AF4, 6DB6 |
Brown (Same as G-I 66) |
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Tube |
Wood |
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Preferred |
6AF4, 6X4 |
Bakelite, brown. 1954. Uses Firestone 4-A-78 radio cabinet. |
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Radio Receptor |
6AF4, 6BQ7, 6X4 |
Bakelite (same as Co-Ax and others) |
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RCA |
6BQ7, 6CB6 |
2 channels, metal |
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6AF4, 5Y3, |
Wood; big, top-of-the-line unit. Available in mahogany and blonde finishes. 1953 |
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Tube |
Plastic case (also seen as model 208E1) |
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Tube |
Plastic case, identical to Granco SLU |
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Regency |
6AF4 |
Brown plastic |
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6AF4, 6BK7 |
Brown plastic, big dial, 1953 |
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Rex |
6AF4, 6BC5 |
Metal cabinet with reverse-painted glass front panel |
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RME |
6AF4, 6BC5 |
Metal cabinet (same as Electro-Voice 3300). 1953 |
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RMS |
Transistors |
Metal |
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Transistor |
Black & chrome plastic --looks like a ‘70s clock radio |
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Silverline |
6AF4, 6CB6 |
Cloth covered wood, slide rule dial |
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64-1-M |
6J6, 6CB6 |
Beige, plastic (similar to G-I 66 externally, but with totally different chassis) |
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Silvertone |
6AF4, 6CB6 |
Bakelite, slide rule dial. A rebranded Mallory TV-101. Sears catalog # 725.101-1 |
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6DZ4, 6CW4 |
Plastic cabinet with metal front panel. A rebranded Winegard UC-200. 1963 |
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Standard-Kollsman |
6DS4, 6DZ4 (Nuvistors) |
Beige, metal |
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2 Transistors |
Beige, metal. Appearance almost identical to model A. |
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Stromberg-Carlson |
6AF4, 6BQ7 |
Very classy, green cloth over wood, controls on side |
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Sutco
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6AF4, 6J6 |
Metal, converter/booster |
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6AF4, |
Plastic, converter/booster |
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6AF4 |
Brown plastic, click-stop tuning |
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6AF4, 6BG7 |
Large wooden cabinet, single dial |
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Sylvania |
6AF4, 6X4 |
Large, early 1952 production, wood cabinet, slide rule dial. Mallory TV101 inside. Very like Philco 200X. |
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TeleRola |
Tube |
Metal |
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Tel-Ray |
101 |
Transistor |
Metal |
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Turner |
6AF4, 6BQ7, 6X4 |
Brown plastic |
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Varicon |
6AF4 |
Brown bakelite |
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Walsco |
6AF4, 6BK7 |
Brown bakelite. Rare click-stop tuning. |
Updated February 23, 2009
