Topband: Slightly OT - amplifier noise

Jeff jrnet at centurylink.net
Fri Mar 20 13:59:11 EDT 2020


I thought the 1026 included the BC band, or was that a mod ?

Jeff Reynolds

Mike Waters wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I based that on what W8JI states on his webpage, which says 1.8 to 20 MHz.
> https://www.w8ji.com/mfj-1025_1026.htm
>
> IIRC, Tom designed that for MFJ.  Maybe that was a typo (on either Tom's
> site or in MFJ's manual). Or perhaps the performance drops off to some
> degree above 20 MHz. I don't know.
>
> 73, Mike
> W0BTU
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 10:24 AM Michael Tope <W4EF at dellroy.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> I was trying to address the particulars of N2IC's situation which
>> involved the higher HF bands (although at this point in the sunspot
>> cycle, perhaps I should have included 20 meters).
>>
>> Reading the manual I have for the MFJ-1026 says "The MFJ-1026 is
>> optimized over the range of 1.8 to 30 MHz". Does the MFJ-1025 only go to
>> 20MHz?
>>
>> 73, Mike W4EF........
>>
>>
>> On 3/17/2020 10:31 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
>>> Mike, is there any reason why you tested it above 20 MHz? That's outside
>>> the 1026's specified frequency range.
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