[Amps] MFJ products

[Carl]

My 259B has been back 3 times and now they tell me it cant be updated to the 
latest software since its too old. They never said anything about that or 
even updated in the past when I have to guess it could still be done. Dont 
expect any intelligent answers from them either, they sound like programmed 
robots.

I wonder if they offer trade ins.

MFJ tuners have had incremental improvements since the days when one caught 
fire during the ARRL test. I wonder who the moron was that allowed a Delrin 
form to be used for the rotary inductor on a 1500W tuner?

Its no wonder that even the ancient Johnson tuners still bring high prices 
even with their limited matching ranges.

I dont use tuners, its easier to modify an amp to load a particular antenna 
unless you have one of those overpriced fancy ones with a CPU inside.
About 25 years ago I decided to build a Hi C tuner that could cover all of 
160 and 80. Since there were no 500pf bread slicers available with 
sufficient spacing (and I didnt want to waste a couple of good vacuums for 
such limited use) I built my own from several old ones by machining new 
shafts and spacers to give me ~ 6000V spacing. The rotary inductor was 
military surplus with edge wound wire.

It never arced even when testing some big amps back when I was still 
building them to order. It is still here up on a shelf waiting for 
something.....

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] MFJ products


>I must be a real outlier.  In recent years, I have bought an Ameritron 
>RCS-10, an MFJ-259B, and an MFJ-1025.  All worked fine out of the box and 
>continue to do so.  The stuff I build myself should work so well.
>
> As an aside, my first MFJ purchase (~40 years ago) was their first audio 
> filter board (the CWF-1?), and when I needed tech support, I called and 
> MFJ himself answered the phone.  Nice.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> The World Contest Station Database, at www.conteststations.com
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>
> On 9/10/2012 11:44 PM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>> I've purchased some equipment a lot more expensive than MFJ's line and 
>> found parts missing. One didn't even have a UHF connector on the back 
>> fasted. The 4 screws were missing.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
>
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