[Elecraft] MFJ-259B

2005-04-16 Thread Jeremiah McCarthy
I have an MFJ-259B...I have mixed feelings about it...I can not complain about it's function, but I have had problems with the quality of the battery box and with customer support...The battery box is an inexpensive black plastic affair that holds ten "AA" cells...The combined tension of ten spr

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ-259B alignment information?

2004-07-16 Thread Guy Olinger, K2AV
Have not been able to get there either. Hope that's just a temporary glitch. Tom's site is a treasure trove of good stuff. - Original Message - From: "Tom Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:09 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] MFJ-

[Elecraft] MFJ-259B alignment information?

2004-07-15 Thread Jukka Tarvainen (OH4MFA)
Hi! MFJ259B calibration procedure can be found from: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/MFJ-259Bcalibration.php I have one unit that I blew up with reverse polarity. Still trying to fix it. 73 de Jukka, OH4MFA K2 #4293 ___ Parhaa

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ-259B alignment information?

2004-07-15 Thread Tom Hammond
Anyone have any success accessing Tom's web site: http://www.w8ji.com/mfj-259b_calibration.htm Every time I attempt it, I either time out or get the old "This Page Cannot Be Displayed... yadda... yadda... yadda?. 73, Tom N0SS At 10:01 PM 7/15/04, you wrote: W8JI designed the unit and h

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ-259B alignment information?

2004-07-15 Thread rwmcgwier
www.w8ji.com/mfj-259b_calibration.htm > W8JI designed the unit and has written a very detailed alignment procedure > that > is on his > website. A search on W8JI and MFJ259B will turn up a link. > > As coincidence would have it, I found a 259B at a hamfest over the weekend > and > plan to

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ-259B alignment information?

2004-07-15 Thread Jim Brown
W8JI designed the unit and has written a very detailed alignment procedure that is on his website. A search on W8JI and MFJ259B will turn up a link. As coincidence would have it, I found a 259B at a hamfest over the weekend and plan to use his instructions myself. They look good, but I haven'

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ-259B alignment information?

2004-07-15 Thread Vic Rosenthal
Don Wilhelm wrote: > I now tend to disbelieve my MFJ-259 and would like to calibrate it. I have the instruction manual that came with it and it is not adequate for a calibration task. Try the MFJ with an ethernet terminator. I bet it will look much better. I suspect the resistors are not as

[Elecraft] MFJ-259B alignment information?

2004-07-15 Thread Don Wilhelm
Does anyone know where I can find detailed alignment instructions for a MFJ-259B? I bought some Vishay precision non-inductive power resistors - 25 ohm, 50 ohm and 100 ohms 100 watt rating to use as dummy loads. I assembled them to a proper heat sink and connected to an SO-239 with zero length le