Hi Folks, Has anyone figured out just what this tuner is made of? It has no electrical connections for power yet is it claimed to be automatic and yet it supposedly matches a wire or dipole to any fr
Author: rmoodyg@bellsouth.net (Richard M. Gillingham)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:08:10 -0500
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
Oh, geesh...that piece of junk still around? It's "all solid state," alright. It's a toroid and a dummy load built into a metal case, as the ARRL determined when they X-Rayed it. Cost to build: Proba
All was revealed in QST, November 1984 (http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/pr8411.pdf). Summary: It contains several resistors and a matching transformer. I wouldn't spend any of my money o
You guys are so negative! The Maxx-Com requires no power because it's powered by RF, which is dissipated internally creating thermal rise; that thermal rise is used to spin fan blades which drive a r
Author: rmoodyg@bellsouth.net (Richard M. Gillingham)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:26:58 -0500
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, G
I have to ask...they have "military" listed.... Are they selling these to our enemies? Certainly OUR military isnt using them..... Right? --Original Message-- From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com [ma
Newton's 8th law of thermoliguistics: "Sales increase proportionately to the dummy-loading down of the American consumer". Matt--K7BG -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-vir
The operating theory for this tuner is, well....amazing: "The electro-magnetic field generated by a dipole matched with a MAXX-COM device is somewhat different than with a resonant tuner. A resonant
I'm impressed. I note the "reviews" (there are only two posted) are (1) unsigned and unnamed and then (2) from Worldradio magazine, who accepts advertising from Maxx-com. QST tossed them many years a
Was that a typo on your part? Maybe you intended to type "amusing" rather than "amazing". W0ETC (hey, maybe I should found the ETC (Extreme Tuner Company) and give these guy competition. The operatin
My understanding is that the permanent magnets will be placed in a"super conductive" liquid material, and wrapped within a cylinder of liquid nitrogen. The resultant increase in wave velocity beyond
I think the maker of the MaxcComm needs to be introduced to the maker of the CB antennas that was mentioned on this site a year or two ago. Their claims are equally amazing. If it seems too good to b
...sounds like the scam nack in the seventies - someone was selling a wonder box - the box contained something potted in epoxy or similar - when x-rayed at the ARRL lab it was found to contain random