[Towertalk] MAXX-COMM AUTOMACTIC TUNER

Richard M. Gillingham rmoodyg@bellsouth.net
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,
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...
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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
> Sometimes a tower is just a tower
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