Pontiac (Holden) before they went of business, sold me a car that will easily
go faster than I (at my age) want to go. Probably twice the speed limit, except
maybe in Texas.
I routinely use this excess capability. Should GM be held accountable for me
being an anti-social scofflaw?
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> On Feb 17, 2017, at 11:17 AM, Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just a side note, but I wouldn't
> be so quick to advertise that I sell
> components to those who violate
> Federal Law.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:
>>
>> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:41:09 -0700
>> From: Chris <EZRhino@fastmovers.biz>
>> To: "towertalk@contesting.com reflector" <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What am I missing....balun
>>
>> Is there any chance this is an April Fool's joke?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 6:40 AM, ve4xt@mymts.net wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been trying to divine a defence for this box, but can't.
>>>
>>> If I read K9YC's choke cookbook correctly, there's no way this could
>> achieve the level of broadband choking claimed. Moreover, not only is there
>> no need to enclose such a device in so expensive an enclosure, it would
>> compromise power handling. And if you did, how do you mount it at the only
>> place it does any good?
>>>
>>> When it appears the best-performing choke in Jim's cookbook is nothing
>> more than a frequency-specific number of turns of coax through, at most,
>> $50 in ferrite cores, with no bulky enclosure, I just can't see why anyone
>> would pay $900 for this.
>>>
>>> Also, if the photo is akin to an "exemplar" piece of furniture, and the
>> box is built to custom specifications, then the quoted specifications are
>> meaningless anyway.
>>>
>>> BTW, isn't the attenuation noted (called return loss) the only way any
>> choke actually chokes?
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