The 998 is $600. The Palstar may be much better, but is 3 times the
price. The 998 is rated at legal limit. I've put a KW to it with no
problems in 7 years.
It's as blind usable as any other piece of gear that doesn't talk, and
easier to use than a lot of other gear, especially with the interface to
the radio.
I would love to have antennas that are resonant on all bands and all
portions of all bands, but I'm not that lucky, so I use a tuner.
I have a solid state amp in the shack, and like yours, it is very
sensitive to high swr.
If you only operate on a few bands, and your antennas are good at the
parts of the band you use, save your money. If you need an external
tuner, this one should suit your needs. Just hope you don't get one
that was built on a Monday, or during Mardi Gras.
73, Steve KW3A
On 8/28/2015 9:40 PM, Jim Gammon wrote:
> So how much are these MFJ critters and you really find that blind
> folks can use them? I'm still on the fence about getting or or
> not. I mean if your amp and rig are happy feeding into a tuner
> that feeds into a relatively non-resonant antenna, then what's
> the point? I think the focus should be to get your antenna's
> resonant where you want them to be right? Jim WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:36:56 -0400
> Subject: Re: Question about accessible antenna tuners
>
> This thread was from a week or so ago, and I gave some bad info
> I want
> to correct.
>
> For Tom and anyone else using or thinking of the MFJ-998 auto
> tuner.
>
> It turns out the mode button is only for getting into the setup
> menus.
>
> To change between auto and semi-auto modes: Press both the "ant"
> and
> "tune" buttons at the same time. Ant is top row leftmost, and
> tune is
> top row rightmost buttons.
>
> Single beep for auto mode and 2 beeps for semi-auto.
>
> I don't use this setting very often, and don't know where I got
> the bum
> info from. It seems that using the word "mode" to refer to
> both the
> menus, and also to refer to the types of tuner operation is a bit
> much.
>
> Sorry for the bad info. Hope nobody smoked any gear.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
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