[TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ

[N7mal]

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 at 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 at 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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