[Milsurplus] "condenser cleaners"

[joldenburg2 at new.rr.com]

IOf you do a search on Muter Grid Leak Drip Pan you can find a photo of one and a copy of an add for it.  It is a very tounge in cheek kind of thing that is an obvius joke to a person with some radio knowlege but is an amusingly read simular to audio-phoole adds of today. I'd venture a few may have been sold to folks looking for better radio preformance.

Jon AB9AH
---- Michael Bittner <mmab at cox.net> wrote: 

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My take on it is that it was a joke.  Mike W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; "Ralph 
Cameron" <ramcam at magma.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] "condenser cleaners"


The pics Michael sent me were of a very real artifact, made out of shiny
metal.

What is unclear to me is whether it was sold as a real thing to put inside
radios, or whether it was a joke.

There were a lot of gag gifts and trinkets sold then as now. It's actually
fun to go to antique flea markets, like Brimfield, and look at such
things.

Quite obviously, radio was a giant mystery to most of the public back then
(and even now). Very few knew how it worked, beyond being able to find a
broadcast. Not very different than now really. Do you know, in detail, how
a cell phone or 'puter works? I sure don't.

FWIW,

-John

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> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Michael Bittner <mmab at cox.net> wrote:
>> I have an actual Grid Leak Drip Pan. Made by Muter in Chicago. If
>> anyone
>> wants to see some pictures of it, please reply off list and I will email
>> a
>> set of 4 jpegs of it. Mike Bittner, W6MAB
>
> I'd offer to send pics of my last case of Marconi Aerial Wax, but the
> last time word got out that I had some, the stock market tanked. (o:
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4




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Jon Oldenburg AB9AH
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