I had one when I lived with my parents and was on the second floor, and the 
basement was at ground level so I was at third floor height. I had someone 
help me set it but later found I was better off without it. If you're having 
an issue where you need an RF ground at the station maybe it is a good thing 
but for me, it caused more problems than it solved, I had none with out it 
anyway. Honestly, if you really think you need it, you might try just 
cutting a wire to 1/4 wave on the problem band or bands and lay that on the 
floor, it's the same effect and probably a better solution but personally if 
you can't RF ground your station, I say don't bother if you run dipoles or 
anything like that, you shouldn't need it anyway. In fact I've run so long 
without one  now that I'm in a place where I could run one I don't bother.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 11:25 AM
Subject: mfj 931


> I've got an MFJ 931 artificial ground.  The unit has a meter on it that's
> supposed to let you watch current and adjust both current and capacitance 
> with a
> couple knobs of the unit itself.  Has anyone got a work around for that 
> meter?
> I called MFJ tech support and spoke to Bob.  He was really unhelpful with 
> the
> whole thing first telling me that you didn't need the meter because all it
> shows is current and then telling me you had to use it to adjust the unit. 
> I
> never could get him to tell me anything other than you didn't need the 
> meter.
> That's the first time in years that I've ever had a useless response from 
> MMFJ's
> tech support but I guess there's a first time for anything.  Therefore, 
> any
> suggestions from any totals who don't have eyes around for using this 
> thing
> would be appreciated.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>