[Antennas] Thanks for the advice
Darryl J. Kelly
[email protected]
Sat, 9 Aug 2003 08:28:09 -0500
Hart,
If you get a new MFJ item, especially antenna tuners, first thing to do is
resolder all the joints that you can get to. I have had eight of them over
the last ten years, still have three, and most of them needed some soldering
work. I some places I have replaced some wire with larger sizes. Hope this
is of interest.
Darryl, KK5IB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hart Engel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:48 AM
Subject: [Antennas] Thanks for the advice
> Thanks to all for the advice on the dummy load light bulb. After reading
all
> the info you all sent me, I'm going to buy a tuner with a dummy load
> built-in. I just bought a used tuner without the dummy load and I'm sorry
I
> did. The other thing is this tuner [mfj-941d] has seen better days, all
the
> so-259 were litterly coming off the back and I had to re-rivet them back
on.
> The other is its not giving me a proper reading of power out and swr etc.
So
> I shouldn't cut corners and buy a used tuner, instead I'll buy a new one
and
> that way i'll now that all the dials and meters are aligned properly. To
me
> its the most important thing in the shack especially when the radio
doesn't
> have a built-in one [tuner that is] and I'm using a homemade dipole. Hope
to
> hear everyone on the air soon.
> Thanks Hart
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