[TowerTalk] "Elephant Antenna" stories?

[michael watts]

I bought an AL80A about three years ago and put it on
my sailboat.  It has not been a problem.  

Other than that, every stinking piece of gear I have
ever gotten from MFJ has been a problem.  Even the
large digital clocks (bought three) failed
(unrepairably) within the first year.  Even one of the
two Cantennas I bought was screwed up.  The digital
filter was junk, as was the contest keyer, etc etc.

If I ever lose my mind and buy another piece of MFJ
junk please just take me out back and shoot me in
order save me a lot of trouble.

In my experience and IMHO, MFJ is the worst
manufacturer to ever soil the ham radio community.

Mike wy6k

--- Tom K Osborne <w7why@juno.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:05:12 -0400 "Tom Rauch"
> <w8ji@contesting.com>
> writes:
> > Just to clear the record.
> > 
> > I am an independent engineer who derives about 30%
> of my 
> > income from MFJ owned companies and some selected
> MFJ products like 
> >most of the circuitry in the  MFJ antenna analyzer
> and some digital
> portions, >portions of the  DSP unit, 
> 
> I have a bunch of MFJ stuff in the shack here and
> have NEVER had any
> problems with any of it.  I especially use the 949-C
> tuner and 784B DSP
> unit a lot.  Also have 2 MFJ SWR bridges that work
> great.  I've never
> found an antenna I couldn't match with the 949!  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
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