Looking for a Good Active Antenna
 

On 03/11/2011 08:32 AM, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 11, 8:30 am, wrote:
Any recommendations? Rich from Lebanon, Pa
MFJ makes a bunch of different ones.

Not a big mfj fan...

I've had surprisingly good luck with them. The few "little black
boxes" I've purchased from them have given me years of mostly trouble-
free good performance.

You're allowed to try to fix them; even if you destroy it in the process
you don't void the warranty. You can call the guy who designs the ****
and ask him questions (try doing that with Kenwood).

Man, if MFJ had been around when I was a kid my whole life would've
turned out different. They make some cost-effective fun stuff.

Looking for a Good Active Antenna
 

On Mar 11, 3:37*pm, dave wrote:
On 03/11/2011 08:32 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

On Mar 11, 8:30 am, *wrote:
Any recommendations? Rich from Lebanon, Pa
MFJ makes a bunch of different ones.

Not a big mfj fan...

I've had surprisingly good luck with them. *The few "little black
boxes" I've purchased from them have given me years of mostly trouble-
free good performance.

You're allowed to try to fix them; even if you destroy it in the process
you don't void the warranty. You can call the guy who designs the ****
and ask him questions (try doing that with Kenwood).

Man, if MFJ had been around when I was a kid my whole life would've
turned out different. They make some cost-effective fun stuff.

The variable conrols they used were of dubious quality . Never seen
such low grade potentiometers ever, must be from the bottom of the
barrel . Had their dual time zone clock (2 side by side) where both of
them lost time immediately irrespect of the other ... Just hope they
improved their QC, had very bad experience with M-F-J in the past ...

Looking for a Good Active Antenna
 

On Mar 11, 9:01*pm, wrote:
On Mar 11, 3:37*pm, dave wrote:









On 03/11/2011 08:32 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

On Mar 11, 8:30 am, *wrote:
Any recommendations? Rich from Lebanon, Pa
MFJ makes a bunch of different ones.

Not a big mfj fan...

I've had surprisingly good luck with them. *The few "little black
boxes" I've purchased from them have given me years of mostly trouble-
free good performance.

You're allowed to try to fix them; even if you destroy it in the process
you don't void the warranty. You can call the guy who designs the ****
and ask him questions (try doing that with Kenwood).

Man, if MFJ had been around when I was a kid my whole life would've
turned out different. They make some cost-effective fun stuff.

The variable conrols they used were of dubious quality . Never seen
such low grade potentiometers ever, must be from the bottom of the
barrel . Had their dual time zone clock (2 side by side) where both of
them lost time immediately irrespect of the other ... *Just hope they
improved their QC, had very bad experience with M-F-J in the past *...

I agree, I have to spray the pots quite often.

Looking for a Good Active Antenna
 

On Mar 12, 12:50*am, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 11, 9:01*pm, wrote:





On Mar 11, 3:37*pm, dave wrote:

On 03/11/2011 08:32 AM, bpnjensen wrote:

On Mar 11, 8:30 am, *wrote:
Any recommendations? Rich from Lebanon, Pa
MFJ makes a bunch of different ones.

Not a big mfj fan...

I've had surprisingly good luck with them. *The few "little black
boxes" I've purchased from them have given me years of mostly trouble-
free good performance.

You're allowed to try to fix them; even if you destroy it in the process
you don't void the warranty. You can call the guy who designs the ****
and ask him questions (try doing that with Kenwood).

Man, if MFJ had been around when I was a kid my whole life would've
turned out different. They make some cost-effective fun stuff.

The variable conrols they used were of dubious quality . Never seen
such low grade potentiometers ever, must be from the bottom of the
barrel . Had their dual time zone clock (2 side by side) where both of
them lost time immediately irrespect of the other ... *Just hope they
improved their QC, had very bad experience with M-F-J in the past *....

I agree, I have to spray the pots quite often.- Hide quoted text -

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One of them froze or corroded internally so badly I threw the unit
into my parts box . And labeld the box appropiately : NFG .

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On Mar 12, 3:42*pm, Bob Dobbs wrote:
BucSoprano wrote:
................................................ .....................Just hope they
improved their QC, had very bad experience with M-F-J in the past *....

And that's Xactly what i've heard about mfj...

Em Effin Jay for the longest had a well deserved reputation of vending
partially assembled 'kits', that is, all the parts were in there and cold
soldered (tacked) into place such that you had to supply the finishing touches;
like reposition components, reflux the solder, and tighten the screws.
In their behalf, I did get a 949e tuner awhile back that required no additional
effort.
IOW: It was serviceable and ready, out of the box, from the get-go.
Maybe Martin read the feedback from damn near all his customers?
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http://bit.ly/g2PCII

More like 90% returns ! That will sober up any self-respecting
businessman .