> case I'd hate to drop it. Finally, I have found the RF-1's battery
> use to be very good, while the MFJ is relatively big and heavy, has a
> steel case, and eats batteries by the 10-pack.
While it is big and heavy, it has an aluminum case.
As for batteries...anyone who uses dry cells in this day and age
deserves to pay for batteries! 90% of the battery current goes to RF
output, which is necessary to try to overcome BC interference.
The MFJ-259 has a built in trickle charger. The last time I replaced
batteries in one was never, because I use nicads.
A really nice feature is "distance to fault". I had a problem in a
2500-foot cable to a receiving antenna today, and that mode sent me
directly to the connector that was bad! What a time saver!
The nicads last a few hours of continuous use, and if you do not move
the frequency knob the unit goes to sleep and will last for over a
day while accidentally left on.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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