[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 116, Issue 45

[Richard Knoppow]

MFJ is at http://www.mfjenterprises.com/

     They make a lot of interesting stuff mostly at 
affordable prices.  The reputation is that they make 
fundamentally good equipment but may cut corners a bit too 
much to keep the costs down. Sometimes you have to resolder 
things.  I have an MFJ Versatuner antenna tuner. Mostly its 
fine but I had to fix a better stop on the inductor to keep 
the contact from coming off the end.  However, it will tune 
anything attached to it and has a good twin needle SWR/power 
meter.
     I don't know if they sell components but their catalog 
is available at the above URL.

--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cromwell" <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 116, 
Issue 45


> Hi Jim,
>
> I mostly got over my fear of MFJ quite some time ago. The 
> real thing now is that I'm not in the market for new gear. 
> Did somebody say MFJ sells *parts*? I'll have to look into 
> that. It won't take more than a minute to find them on the 
> internet when I am ready to look. I bought a fifty ohm, 
> one hundred watt resistor that is labeled MFJ and I 
> thought the guy I bought it from had removed it from 
> equipment. Maybe not...
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
>
> On 09/28/2013 12:24 PM, Jim Wilhite wrote:
>> The best way to deal with MFJ is by email.  Go to their 
>> site and send them a message from there.  You can assign 
>> priority to your message and if it is high enough you 
>> should receive an answer within a few hours.
>>
>> MFJ has probably put more equipment in the hands of 
>> amateurs than even Heathkit and they have kept the price 
>> within reach of most of us.  Like any business they do 
>> all they can to keep prices low but they do sell a lot of 
>> well made parts that are priced lower than many places 
>> you can order.  I bought a non-inductive 100 watt 
>> resistor for my Heath Dummy load and it was below $30 at 
>> the time much less than anyone else.
>>
>> They are so busy for the number of people that work there 
>> calling them can be an exercise in frustration.  They are 
>> nice people trying to be as efficient as possible.
>>
>> Jim
>> W5JO