[TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ

k2qmf at juno.com k2qmf at juno.com
Wed Nov 24 10:50:15 PST 2010


I'll bet dollars to donuts that there are people
out there that have had nothing but troubles with their
Chevy Corvette's and they would NEVER buy another car
from Chevy....

Go Figure...

Ted

 
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:49:32 -0500 "n4zkf" <towertalk at n4zkf.com> writes:
> A Chevrolet Corvette is in my garage and they are nowhere close to 
> it! I
> have NEVER, I repeat NEVER bought an MFJ product EVER
> that I didn't have an issue with. EVER. That's the facts.
> 
> I blame it on myself for giving them chances of which now I would 
> never do
> again. I wouldn't order a screw from them. Did I say NEVER?
> 
> They have NO response, NO quality, NO customer service. No 
> hostility, just
> facts.
> 
> 
> n4zkf Dave
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> k2qmf at juno.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:32 AM
> To: n7mal at citlink.net
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ
> 
> 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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