Geez, and made right here in my back yard.. Ft. Lauderdale.. Anybody
wanna by some snake oil?? Cures anything you got, and stuff you don't
know you have.. Especially heavy pockets.. $$$$
Later all,
Gil, W1RG
Pete Smith wrote:
> At 01:08 PM 11/20/02 -0500, Richard M. Gillingham wrote:
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>> Hmmm.. I seem to remember this device from the '70's. It was
>> advertized to match anything anywhere... The package was completely
>> potted, and unaccessible to inspection. Somebody, I think QST, had
>> one x-rayed and all that could be discerned was a large resister
>> attached to the circuit, and some superflous junk scattered about in
>> the package. After that the company who was promoting ths thing was
>> banned from advertizing in QST.
>> A swamping resister will indeed allow you to match anything, but most
>> of your power will be dissipated in the resistor.
>> That is, of course, if the device you're inquiring about is the same
>> one I recall..
>> Where have you seen the Maxx-Com device advertized?? I couldn't find
>> it on Google, but that only means I couldn't find it...
>>
>> What is the url??
>> And let us know what you find..
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> It is the same -- www.maxx-com.com. These guys have a lot of gall.
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Sometimes a tower is just a tower
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