[Towertalk] MAXX-COMM AUTOMACTIC TUNER

[Richard M. Gillingham]

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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