[TowerTalk] Cushcraft/MFJ Traps

[David Gilbert]

I'm sure I'll get accused of MFJ bashing, but I can't help passing on 
this humorous anecdote.

A few weeks ago one of the owners of Elecraft posted a request for 
information on how to troubleshoot a network analyzer sold by MFJ. He 
had already asked MFJ tech support for advice, and they replied that he 
should open it up and see if any loose parts fell out because that's 
what they would do.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 9/12/2019 11:22 AM, K9MA wrote:
> I recently ordered some replacement traps for my old A3S. One was 
> defective, so I took it apart. I was appalled at the poor quality. 
> While the original traps had several pop rivets, in addition to the 
> coil screws, connecting the tubing to the plastic insulator, the MFJ 
> version had only the two screws in the very end of the tubing. The 
> coil wires were sometimes wrapped the wrong way around the screws, and 
> some of the screws weren't even tight. Where the original coil was 
> coated with some kind of thick lacquer, the MFJ ones were bare.
>
> The moral of the story is don't even think about going to the trouble 
> of putting up an MFJ/Cushcraft beam without taking apart all the traps 
> and fixing the above problems.
>
> 73,
>
> Scott K9MA
>