I have both the MFJ units....with and without the yagi....they work well
Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.
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From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Patrick Dyer
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:02 PM
To: RFI@contesting.com
Subject: [RFI] MFJ-856
Is this MFJ-856 worth a second glance for DFing RFI ?
For that part of the spectrum I'm currently (since 2003) using the R, DE,
D1, and D2 of an 11-el 144-MHz Cushcraft with an Icom IC-A4 (108-137 MHz
airband xcvr). The 7-MHz difference seems to have minimal skew to the
pattern (using an old Precision E-200-C signal generator as a test source in
the yard).
However, the MFJ-856 has a signal-strength meter, and the 3-el antenna boom
length (with the rcvr on it) may be easier to manage/handle than what I've
been using for nearly a decade.
Before I got the IC-A4 (originally to track the MUF of Es events above the
FM broadcast band using the VOR/ILS navaids) I had been using a rather
decrepit (1971) Radio Shack JetStream mini (slightly retuned to
144 MHz) for RFI chasing.
73, Pat - WA5IYX
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