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1. [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:22:08 -0400 (EDT); I have bought my last item from MFJ/Ameritron. Over the years I have had several items of MFJ/Ameritron manufacture and always had great customer service. Over the last couple of years that satisfact; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00519.html (8,942 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:30:58 -0700; I've always considered their products "mighty fine junk," and generally avoided them. N3ZZ and I had to repair one of their big amps at PJ4A, where I quickly gained a poor opinion of their constructi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00520.html (8,084 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull@net1.ie>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:43:33 -0500; Gentlemen, The epitaph for MFJ is a bit unfair. They have kept many products available which would otherwise have just disappeared. MFJ has also brought out a number of useful products I their own ri; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00522.html (8,844 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:38:30 -0400; Doug, You are a brave commentator... don't you know it's an old passtime to bash MFJ and even other vendors like ALPHA, Mosley, Hy-Gain, Cushcraft, etc. get bashed by some. I think the bashing occurs; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00524.html (9,101 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:10:01 -0700; Nor do you need to. The VNWA, designed by DG8SAQ, a German EE prof, and built by a ham in the UK, is a small box of electronics that interfaces via USB to my laptop, is powered from the USB, and goes; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00525.html (8,983 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:15:23 -0400; On March 30,2014 I sent my MFJ-259 fpr reapair and the replacement of the front end surface mount diodes which I included in with the repair request. They claimed they do not have my unit. So I sent; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00527.html (10,505 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:14:36 -0500; What a shame, I really dislike poor customer service! The 259B is a nice unit for working on the tower. I just used my analyzer last weekend to adjust the driven element on a new homebrew 10m OWA bea; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00529.html (10,031 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull@net1.ie>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:09:28 -0500; Gentlemen, I hope my previous comments were not dismissive of a problem with repairs. It does seem that MFJ has an overloaded repair department which is not particularly well managed. They could turn; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00532.html (13,267 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "Don " <w7wll@arrl.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:38:39 -0700; I've Yaesu, Alpha, Kenwood, MFJ/Ameritron/Hy-Gain, other brand and homebrew products at my location. While I've not had any need to send an MFJ product back for repair, I've found the service/technic; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00533.html (15,329 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:09:03 -0400 (EDT); Customer service defines what a company is all about. You treat the customers as though each one is important...because they are. Without the customer, there is no business. Many companies serve a "n; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00539.html (11,465 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:11:24 -0400; Let's think about the MFJ-259B for a minute. I spent an hour troubleshooting one that belongs to a local ham. It took a half hour to find a schematic and open the case. I found pretty much everything; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00546.html (13,047 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "Gary J - N5BAA" <qltfnish@omniglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:18:47 -0500; Their 949E tuner is probably the most used tuner in Ham Radio. Buy MFJ with the understanding of what it is. It's not Elecraft quality for sure - not meant to be. Gary J N5BAA --Original Message-- Fr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00550.html (13,619 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:35:12 -0400; After a week of continuous voice mail hell and leaving detailed messages with no reply nor e mail reply I decided to call the only section of MFJ that answers the phone, the order desk. I spoke to Ja; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00567.html (16,156 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull@net1.ie>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:58:22 -0500; Herb, I pray that my recent posts did not demean your legitimate complaint. This type of response to a customer is shoddy at best. One can only hope that alarm bells ring at MFJ. 73 Doug EI2CN After; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00568.html (17,746 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 10:10:18 -0400; I've sorta come to the conclusion that part of the problem is caused by all the different companies being under the MFJ umbrella and the management structure only loosely defined with no really stron; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00569.html (19,658 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 10:45:14 -0400; The changed resistor values in the RCS-12 source drivers are a patch. The issue is a basic design defect - the "pull up" resistor is on the "wrong side" of the base current limiting resistors which m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00571.html (8,971 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:15:24 -0700; Totally agree, although that should not be a shock to anyone who has ever bought more than one or two MFJ products, or has ever paid attention to the various reviews and critiques of the company sinc; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00577.html (9,058 bytes)

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