What antenna tuner (possibly with amp) for under...say a hundred bucks
do you folks like.
This would be for general coverage and DXing.

Thanks.

On 7 Apr 2006 12:58:01 -0700, "coustanis" wrote:

What antenna tuner (possibly with amp) for under...say a hundred bucks
do you folks like.
This would be for general coverage and DXing.

Thanks.

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-1020C

(Not a tuner, but a preselector, which is much better.)

David wrote:
On 7 Apr 2006 12:58:01 -0700, "coustanis" wrote:

What antenna tuner (possibly with amp) for under...say a hundred bucks
do you folks like.
This would be for general coverage and DXing.

Thanks.

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-1020C

(Not a tuner, but a preselector, which is much better.)

There's also the 1045C which is not designed as an active antenna.

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-1045C

According to one of the techs I talked to at MFJ, this unit is to be
preferred over the 1020C, if your main concern is preselection. Of
course, it comes with no whip antenna. Runs off of a 9V battery as
well as from a wall wart (just like the 1020C). The description says
the 1045C accomodates 2 antennae and 2 receivers: not true; it's for
one antenna and one receiver, although it does have both a UHF and an
RCA connector for your antenna connection and the same for connection
to your receiver.

junius

junius wrote:
David wrote:
On 7 Apr 2006 12:58:01 -0700, "coustanis" wrote:

What antenna tuner (possibly with amp) for under...say a hundred bucks
do you folks like.
This would be for general coverage and DXing.

Thanks.

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-1020C

(Not a tuner, but a preselector, which is much better.)

There's also the 1045C which is not designed as an active antenna.

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-1045C

According to one of the techs I talked to at MFJ, this unit is to be
preferred over the 1020C, if your main concern is preselection. Of
course, it comes with no whip antenna. Runs off of a 9V battery as
well as from a wall wart (just like the 1020C). The description says
the 1045C accomodates 2 antennae and 2 receivers: not true; it's for
one antenna and one receiver, although it does have both a UHF and an
RCA connector for your antenna connection and the same for connection
to your receiver.

junius

Although I will google this, I'll continue the thread by asking;
What's the difference between a tuner and a preslector?

See Telamon's explanation at the link below:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...ab82bf7784f6df


coustanis wrote:
junius wrote:
David wrote:
On 7 Apr 2006 12:58:01 -0700, "coustanis" wrote:

What antenna tuner (possibly with amp) for under...say a hundred bucks
do you folks like.
This would be for general coverage and DXing.

Thanks.

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-1020C

(Not a tuner, but a preselector, which is much better.)

There's also the 1045C which is not designed as an active antenna.

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-1045C

According to one of the techs I talked to at MFJ, this unit is to be
preferred over the 1020C, if your main concern is preselection. Of
course, it comes with no whip antenna. Runs off of a 9V battery as
well as from a wall wart (just like the 1020C). The description says
the 1045C accomodates 2 antennae and 2 receivers: not true; it's for
one antenna and one receiver, although it does have both a UHF and an
RCA connector for your antenna connection and the same for connection
to your receiver.

junius

Although I will google this, I'll continue the thread by asking;
What's the difference between a tuner and a preslector?

If you buy an MFJ,dont forget what they say,,,, Be sure to tighten up
the nuts and bolts and screws.
cuhulin

wrote:
If you buy an MFJ,dont forget what they say,,,, Be sure to tighten up
the nuts and bolts and screws.
cuhulin

Huh??

On 2006-04-07 22:23:08 -0400, Mark Shernan said:

wrote:
If you buy an MFJ,dont forget what they say,,,, Be sure to tighten up
the nuts and bolts and screws.
cuhulin

Huh??



MFJ are not well known for their quality control. They have good stuff
but their QC sucks out loud. It's a well know fact among hams
everywhere.

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:38:19 GMT, Johnny Borborigmi
wrote:

On 2006-04-07 22:23:08 -0400, Mark Shernan said:

wrote:
If you buy an MFJ,dont forget what they say,,,, Be sure to tighten up
the nuts and bolts and screws.
cuhulin

Huh??



MFJ are not well known for their quality control. They have good stuff
but their QC sucks out loud. It's a well know fact among hams
everywhere.


They are very nice on the phone. One good thing about them is they
encourage you to take their stuff apart. Hams are full of it.

Maybe them MFJ (Mighty Fine Junk) folks like to have a few beers once in
a while? After all,they are Mississippians and us Mississippians like to
do our thingys our way. www.thecarthaginian.com
cuhulin,Proud to be a natural born Mississippian