Turret tuner

Claim 1

A UHF TUNING STRIP FOR A TURRET TUNER COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CORE MEMBER OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING PROVISIONS AT THE OPPOSED ENDS THEREOF FOR MOUNTING SAID STRIP UPON A TURRET; A MULTIPLICITY OF TURNS OF A CONDUCTOR WOUND OVER SAID MEMBER; A PLURALITY OF TERMINALS MECHANICALLY SECURING SAID CONDUCTOR TO SAID MEMBER AT A PLURALITY OF POINTS SPACED ALONG SAID MEMBER AND EFFECTING AT EACH SUCH POINT AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH SAID CONDUCTOR TO CONSTITUTE THEREWITH A PLURALITY OF MULTI-TURN COILS INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDED WITH TERMINAL CONNECTORS, SELECTED ONES OF SAID COILS BEING TUNED TO A PREDETERMINED INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY; A SUB-CHASIS SUPPORTED BY SAID STRIP IN OVERLYING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO BUT ELECTRICALLY SHIELDED FROM SAID COILS, SAID SUB-CHASSIS INCLUDING AN INPUT SELECTOR RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED SIGNAL IN THE UHF BAND, A HETERODYNE SIGNAL SUPPLY MEANS, A MIXER AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR SAID MIXER TUNED TO SAID PREDETERMINED INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY; AND A COUPLING EXTENDING FROM SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT TO ONE OF SAID TUNED COILS.