Hi Jim,

My wife and I were at university in Palo Alto, Santa Barbara, and 
Berkeley before teaching in Fresno.  We moved here in 2005 when we 
retired.  We have friends in Livermore, so we are also familiar with your area.

73,

Dave, W7OQ

At 10:53 PM 12/8/2015, you wrote:
>Roger Dave, I am pretty familiar with that area, having friends
>in Ashland and also in the Eugene area.  Maybe we can talk on 40
>or 75 meters one of these days.  I am in Martinez, near Concord
>California, Jim WA6EKS
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>From: Dave Basden <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 21:38:51 -0800
>Subject: Re: MFJ-998 tuner?
>
>I'm in Southern Oregon (Medford) about 20 miles above the
>California
>border and about 100 miles inland.  The MFJ998 manual is
>available on
>our British friend's website (M0A??), but I seem to have lost the
>URL.  I think he arranged for the recording.
>
>73,
>
>Dave, W7OQ
>
>At 07:57 PM 12/8/2015, you wrote:
>Thanks Dave, where are you in 7 land? Also, is the manual
>available from Handiham? Thanks, Jim WA6EKS
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>From: Dave Basden <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:30:00 -0800
>Subject: Re: MFJ-998 tuner?
>
>Hi Jim,
>
>MFJ does have quality control problems, but if you get one that
>is in
>good working order you will have a great tuner.  MFJ does stand
>behind their units if you find a problem under warranty.  I had
>no
>problem with mine.  If you are running a Kenwood and have the
>right
>cable, the antenna button on the Kenwood will cause the power to
>drop
>while tuning and tune the MFJ to resonance.  A button on the MFJ
>allows you to switch between two antennas, so if your transceiver
>has
>two antenna jacks you would only use the one that runs to the
>tuner.  The manual is available recorded if you would like to
>read
>more detail about it.    If you have specific questions, I'll try
>to
>answer them.
>
>73,
>
>Dave, W7OQ
>
>At 06:10 PM 12/8/2015, you wrote:
>Dave, I also use an ALS 600 amf which I got used and like very
>much.  I would  like more information about the MFJ-998 tuner.
>HRO recommended me not to buy that one so I ended up with an
>LDG-AT600 which I used for 5 minutes and found it not very blind
>friendly because it used a series of LED's on the front panel.  I
>think they also said the quality control of the MFJ product was
>not very good so I am tunerless at least when I use the amp.
>Fortunately, the amp as you know has good protection against too
>high an SWR so it just clicks off if it doesn't like the signal
>coming back down the coax.  Would like to hear more of your
>observations about the MFJ-998 tuner.  What is the price for it?
>Thanks and 73, Jim WA6EKS