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BOEING377
 
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Default HF SSB, remember those no moving parts "ant tuners"?

Some contained
three resistors, some only one and, some tried to pass theirs off as a
computerized tuning unit. X-rays revealed lots of components. Turned out to
be surplus PC boards with the dummy load resistors the only in circuit


I had to laugh out loud. Woudn't be the first time dummy active components were
used. As I recall the Judson Electronic Magneto was just an ignition coil with
dummy transistors on the outside.