[TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ

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Mal,

I don't understand your hostility against MFJ???

I have had many dealings with them and Hy-Gain and they
were always responsive and very helpful!!

As far as product quality, I'm sure that they cut corners in order
to produce a cost effective product line but they do correct any
problems, you may have, quickly and at their expense.....

They're not the Cadillac of our hobby but they sure are the Chevrolet..

What's in your garage???

Ted
 
  
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:19:18 -0000 "N7mal" <n7mal at citlink.net> writes:
> 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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