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Subject: [Towertalk] MAXX-COMM AUTOMACTIC TUNER
From: rmoodyg@bellsouth.net (Richard M. Gillingham)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:39:41 -0500
Ummm... If it's expensive, it must be good, right??   Let's buy two, 
just in case...

W1RG

Ken Cechura wrote:

>I have to ask...they have "military" listed....  Are they selling these
>to our enemies?  Certainly OUR military isnt using them..... Right?
>
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>[mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
>Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:14 PM
>To: Richard M. Gillingham; David Jordan
>Cc: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [Towertalk] MAXX-COMM AUTOMACTIC TUNER
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>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
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>>all that could be discerned was  a large resister attached to the
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>circuit, 
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>>and some superflous junk scattered about in the package. After that the
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>>company who was promoting ths thing was banned from advertizing in QST.
>>A swamping resister will indeed allow you to match anything, but most
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>of 
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>>your power will be dissipated in the resistor.
>>That is, of course, if the device you're inquiring about is the same
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>one I 
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>>recall..
>>Where have you seen the Maxx-Com device advertized??  I couldn't find
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>it 
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>>on Google, but that only means I couldn't find it...
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>>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
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