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Old Sun Jan 03, 2016, 08:51am
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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. View Post
I was one of the last ... officials to switch from the Fox 40 Mini to the Regular Fox 40.The Fox 40 Mini was the same approximate size as the old Acme Thunderer. And for our "young grasshoppers" out there, the Acme Thunderer was a black plastic whistle with a wooden pea in it. And I could blast it as loud as a Regular Fox 40. When everybody was making the change from the Thunderer to the Fox 40 I changed to the Mini Fox because it was the same size as the Thunderer.
Same for me. I first went to the Regular and didn't like it's large size, so I immediately switched to the Mini. I used it for most of the season until a mentor told me that my Mini whistle wasn't loud enough.

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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
It (Mini) was hard to hear and sounded like you did not have a strong whistle.
Agree.
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