I bought my MFJ 998 for $569 from HRO.

And, although I do hear you and agree about the benefits of using resonant
antennas, it's not always possible for those of us who are on limited
budgets, have limited space, and want to get on as many bands as possible.

I guess the trick is to put up the antennas you can, and try to make them
work as best as they can in light of the realities you have to deal with.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 9:41 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Question about accessible antenna tuners

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