[SixClub] Is anyone using a MFJ-945E on 6M?

[Chris Boone]

> -----Original Message-----
> First I am not a fan of MFJ. I've had a couple of run-ins with their
> engineers, or sales people and they became downright hostile when I
> disagreed with them.
> 
> I have to admit I've come to the conclusion that if it has the MFJ brand
> on it, in general it's cheap. Cheap components, cheap workmanship,
> ...cheap.

Hence the nickname "Mighty Fine Junk".
 
> OTOH I would not use a tuner for mobile as the crowd on e-ham were
> doing. I would match the antenna at the base of the antenna and leave it
> at that which was something I did for years on HF mobile.

Exactly....actually, top loading is superior...the now discontinued Bug
Catcher would blow anything else away...putting a tuner on a HF mobile setup
means higher loss in the coax and doesn't make the antenna radiate better;
it just makes the SWR lower to the radio.
 
> They are, or are going to become distributors of the Alpha Spid rotators
> which are far superior to most rotators on the market and anything that
> Hy-Gain has out. I'm not trashing Hy-Gain, it's just the Alpha Spid is
> that much better of a rotator. The Alpha Spid is 10 times the rotator
> with dual worm gear drive than Hy-Gain's HDR-300 is and for the same or
> less money. IIRC you could purchase on for about the price of a top of a
> ham series rotator, not the HDR. OTOH they are not cheap, or
> inexpensive. BUT what they go for once MFJ adds their mark-up is another
> matter.

AHHH, isn't Hy-Gain owned by MFJ now???

Chris
WB5ITT