[Towertalk] MAXX-COMM AUTOMACTIC TUNER

[Ken Cechura]

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
[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


At 01:08 PM 11/20/02 -0500, Richard M. Gillingham wrote:
>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...
>
>What is the url??
>And let us know what you find..

It is the same -- www.maxx-com.com.  These guys have a lot of gall.


73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower




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