[HomeBrew] Help identifying a component; further testing

[pete wokoun, sr.]

Keep it coming.  I can see an ebay sale coming....CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE 
BUYING BUT IT'S SO SECRET THAT IT CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED.  NOT FOUND IN ANY 
CATALOG.  NO IDENTIFYING MARKS, UNTRACEABLE.  ONLY YOU WILL KNOW.  NO 
RESERVE!




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>Pete... OK... I have to fess up... Freedom Of Information Act, you know.
>Certainly these mystery components are classic, rare, Unobtaniums.
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>These components are typically used only annually on April 1st for
>bypassing those pesky quarks and pi-mesons to the bit-bucket ... particles
>which otherwise would cause hash (white "string"-noise) in close-by
>galena-detector "crystal" sets, etc., etc.
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>But, Pete, what they are doing in a military power supply can probably
>only be answered by those closed-mouth folks at that special hanger at
>Area 51....
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>David B.
>W7DBH
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