Dave,
I have the answer to "your" problems...
Don't do business with MFJ.... Very simple.
Ted
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:49:32 -0500 "n4zkf" <towertalk@n4zkf.com> writes:
> A Chevrolet Corvette is in my garage and they are nowhere close to
> it! I
> have NEVER, I repeat NEVER bought an MFJ product EVER
> that I didn't have an issue with. EVER. That's the facts.
>
> I blame it on myself for giving them chances of which now I would
> never do
> again. I wouldn't order a screw from them. Did I say NEVER?
>
> They have NO response, NO quality, NO customer service. No
> hostility, just
> facts.
>
>
> n4zkf Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> k2qmf@juno.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:32 AM
> To: n7mal@citlink.net
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ
>
> Mal,
>
> I don't understand your hostility against MFJ???
>
> I have had many dealings with them and Hy-Gain and they were always
> responsive and very helpful!!
>
> As far as product quality, I'm sure that they cut corners in order
> to
> produce a cost effective product line but they do correct any
> problems, you
> may have, quickly and at their expense.....
>
> They're not the Cadillac of our hobby but they sure are the
> Chevrolet..
>
> What's in your garage???
>
> Ted
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:19:18 -0000 "N7mal" <n7mal@citlink.net>
> writes:
> > NO NO Jim that won't fly any longer. 20 years ago that was the
> excuse
> > for them. They were new etc etc etc. It is now 20 years later and
> the
> > same garbage is coming from Mississippi. Just because they have
> > acquired
> >
> > Cushcraft and Hy Gain they haven't addressed the major problem
> with
> > MFJ, they still produce garbage.
> > 20 years ago I met Martin and thought he was an OK guy, I was in
> the
> >
> > Electronics industry then. I thought once he got his act together
> he
> > would be a good solid business. Well it's now 20 years later and
> there
> > has been no change in that company.
> > Sorry to be so blunt but that's just the facts.
> > 73
> >
> >
> > MAL
> > N7MAL
> > BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> > http://www.n7mal.com
> > Everyone in the world is
> > entitled to be burdened
> > by my opinion
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jim Thomson
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 04:33
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ
> >
> >
> > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:05:05 -0500
> > From: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ
> >
> > Come on gang lighten up.
> >
> > MFJ is still a small company. Martin Jue and Steve Pan (the
> > management) are
> > trying to do a good job. I am surprised that with all the
> > acquisitions they are able to keep up.
> >
> > ## I find that hard to believe...after looking through the entire
>
> > mfj/ameritron catalog.....it's huge. MFJ has been around for a
> LONG
> > time. How many decades does it take em..to 'figure it all out'
> ?
> > Why are they still selling crap, like BN-86 baluns ? If they
> > improved
> > just
> > some of the products..and dumped the rest, they would spend way
> less
> > time dealing with angry end users on the phone...and resulting
> > warranty issues.
> > Think abt it. Why would you want to offer 16 x diffrent types of
> ant
> > tuners ?
> > Why not just make 1-3..that actually work ? One simple
> tuner..minus
> > the
> > metering
> > is all anybody wants. Nobody needs a dummy load, with a built
> in..
> > has been
> > wattmeter.
> > Just build one dummy load, sans metering.
> >
> >
> >
> > I sold an MFJ tuner to a fellow in Memphis and UPS put a forklift
>
> > through the box and KOed the meter. MFJ fixed that I sent the
> tuner
> > back to the fellow in two weeks. I helped a fellow overseas get
> parts
> > for his
> > TH-11
> > which he got very quickly.
> >
> > Compared to Mosley and Idiom Press they run a good ship.
> >
> > ## IMO, Mosley has no clue whatsoever, about how to build an
> > antenna,
> > any antenna. Mosley still drones on about.."establishing
> > resonance".... and
> > '52 ohms'. Equal spaced monobanders went the way of the do-do
> > bird back
> > in the
> > late 80's. How mosley and wilson managed to build hair pin /
> > matching
> > networks,
> > that work on 20-15-10m is beyond me. The secret of course, is
> the
> > trap's
> > used have
> > such a high R component to em.. that when added to the feedpoint
> Z,
> > they end up closer to 50 ohms..and it's one big fudge.....swr
> wise.
> >
> > ## ever seen a 175 lb Telrex 20m yagi ? 6 x equal spaced els
> on
> > a 46'
> > boom. They
> > didn't......'get it' either....and went outa business. That
> mystery
> > black [sealed] black balun box that telrex built for their
> tribanders
> > is a real hoot......
> > after you
> > cut one open with a
> > band saw. You will gag.
> >
> > Later... Jim VE7RF
> >
> >
> > Dave K4JRB
> >
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