[Yaesu] MFJ Products

Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:40:45 -0400

Doesn't everyone already know these things about MFJ?
There lack of quality has been posted on newsgroups...ever since
newsgroups!!
I have one MFJ item, and the only thing I had to do was re-glue the meter in
when it
fell out!
No probem, but thats the last MFJ item I will ever buy!!
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Fritsche" <[email protected]>
To: "a QTH Yaesu E-List" <[email protected]>; "Thomas Giella KN4LF"
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Subject: Re: [Yaesu] MFJ Products


> Hi Tom, like you, I have no ill feelings about MFJ
> products.  But I would like to give my experience
> with some of there products. 1998 my wife bought
> me a Vectronics VC300DPL ant tuner for a X-mas
> gift. Looked great upon opening but a little
> shake gave me a rattle from inside. of course a
> nut and bolt were just laying around inside. Fixed
> that myself but the sad part was that on the top
> cover was a sticker saying PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA.
> Well it lasted about a year and then the SWR meter
> went crazy, Fixed myself, a .01 cap rated at 50v
> was installed instead of a 1KV part.
> Next adventure was when my wife bought me an
> Ameritron 811H Amplifier for x-mas 2000.
> Well packed from the factory and looked great.
> Took off the top cover to remove the protective
> covering around the 4 811A's  and removed the Green wire
> for 10M operation. Pretty simple.
> So then I tried it out, power out on all bands
> except 15M, Nuts, took the cover back off and
> discover the 15M input coil and cap had never been
> soldered. Fixed myself instead of sending back and
> its been working great since.
> I am sure this is off topic but I need to vent
> sometimes.
> Proud owner of a FT101EE, FT102 and FT920 with
> all the trimmings.
>
> Your Friend Al
> W5ADF
> From: "Thomas Giella KN4LF" <[email protected]>
> To: "a QTH Yaesu E-List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:54 AM
> Subject: [Yaesu] MFJ Products
>
>
> Thomas KN4LF Says:
>   I hold no ill will towards MFJ and have no ulterior motives, but as a
> consumer I have the right to disclose experiences with any vendor I do
> business with. Everything I've ever purchased from them has had
> manufacturing flaws/defects and/or broke soon after purchase and it's
allot
> of stuff I've purchased. Tuners, power supplies, headphones, dummy loads,
> clocks, speakers, keyers. Just my personal experience over a 15 year
period.
> Yes it took that long to admit to myself that they indeed do make Mighty
> Fine Junk. To say that they have a QC problem is an understatement, plus
the
> electrical components they use are of poor quality.
>   Recently I bought an Ameritron ARB-704 relay buffer to go between my
> FT-840 and LA-1000A and it arrived with a poor paint job and a metal
> enclosure that did not come together properly. It works fine so far but I
> did have to repaint the metal enclosure.
>
> 73,
> Thomas F. Giella
> Space & Atmospheric Weather Forecaster
> C/S KN4LF
> 4208 Thackery Way
> Plant City, FL, USA 33566
> EL87WX
>
> Florida Space & Atmospheric Weather Institute:
> http://www.kn4lf.com/fsawi.htm
>
>
> George W5YR Said:
> I agree with Tom's suggestion, though - it is worth a look but don't
expect
> to find a mess inside except very rarely - guess every company has an
> occasional "Monday morning" quality problem!  <:}
>
> Thomas KN4LF Said:
> If you buy any MFJ antenna tuner be prepared to pop the cover and inspect
> the inside. Loose
> nuts and bolts, no solder joints and cold solder joints are the norm.
>
>
>
>
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