Hello All,
I have been using a borrowed MFJ-259B to trim & tune a few antennas that I
use. The box works fine for most applications and I will probably buy one
for myself later on. HOWEVER !! The dip meter accessories do NOT work as the
ads describe, no matter how they are positioned around the tank circuit, no
indication is given. Other MFJ products that I do own perform as advertised
and I am satisfied with the performance / value.
Thankfully the dip meter accessories did not break my friends bank, but it
is still a bogus value. An old Heath GD-1B grid dip meter still does a
pretty darn good job for its age.
Jim S. KM5RY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
To: <Amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:14 Jim
Subject: RE: [AMPS] MFJ-259B Question
>
> > All I asked is whether the dipmeter option worked. Reading between the
> > lines, Joe's lit fuse tells me that he already knows the MFJ dipper
option
> > is a turkey.
> >
> > end
> >
> > - Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
>
>
> The dipmeter is a copy of a cover award-winning QST article that I
> warned Martin Jue about. He went ahead and did it anyway,
> claiming QST checked it out.
>
> He didn't know it was like the "Nearly Perfect Amplifier" article and
> "Parasitics Revisited", all real turkey's of articles based on poor
> theories and misunderstandings of how things work.
>
>
>
>
> 73, Tom W8JI
> w8ji@contesting.com
>
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