MFJ Enterprises Original MFJ-949E 1.8-30 MHz 300 Watt Deluxe Versa Tuner II Antenna Tuner

Just setting up a radio area. using this for both my 10m 5/8w vertical and 20m dipole. I can tune either antenna to what every band. Quick tune just by peaking the reception strength. built in antenna switch is a HUGE key feature. Handles two Coax feeds and 1 line feed at the same time. Built in decent dummy load safe with most stock rig output power. Takes a little getting used to, but the cross needle meters do make it easier to tune. A buddy of mine didnt like these cause the inductor selection is just alphabetical, and doesnt list the band. but you get used to what tuning you need. He did say, from his experience, get a tuner with a antenna selector, and boy was he right, huge asset.

Few thing you have to know… it doesn’t comes with instructions manual. So you have to download it from MFJ webpage. Once downloaded, they doesn’t tell much either. Only basic guidelines. The best way to learn to use it is to lower the transmitter power to a constant 5 watts and start to rotate all three main knobs until you get the right pointing needle (reflected pwr) at it lowest position and the left pointing needle (foward pwr) at 5 watts in the scale and that’s it. No rocket science here. Try in different frequencies and you’ll see it’s magic!

Worked it on 11 meters, and it cut my modulation down 75%, and when I got to 20% of my radios power, which is 30 watts, it drove my Swr sky high. Could not get it below 2.5 unless I used 20% of my radios power. Had my neighbor that has the same unit come down with his, and his work fine. Im going to apply for a refund.

Love this tunner. It does what it should. I am using it conjuction with a Yeasu 450D radio and a Windom off-center antenna. My tunner tunes all bands that this antenna makes available.

spend a bit more for a remote tuner from LDG.. the quality and engineering is much better and it will do the job much more effectively.

Good quality workmanship. Worked just as expected.

Works great easy to use.

Just setting up a radio area. using this for both my 10m 5/8w vertical and 20m dipole. I can tune either antenna to what every band. Quick tune just by peaking the reception strength. built in antenna switch is a HUGE key feature. Handles two Coax feeds and 1 line feed at the same time. Built in decent dummy load safe with most stock rig output power. Takes a little getting used to, but the cross needle meters do make it easier to tune. A buddy of mine didnt like these cause the inductor selection is just alphabetical, and doesnt list the band. but you get used to what tuning you need. He did say, from his experience, get a tuner with a antenna selector, and boy was he right, huge asset.

muy desconforme

For Petes sake! I spent $200 and you cant even include a 12 inch connector coax cable. What?, it would cost you another 50. cents. Now I have to go an order another cable, or drive 45 minutes one way to the only Ham Radio Outlet store in my city. Just Cheap cheap cheap. Well I am revising my review down to 1 star. I called both the technical services number and the factory number. The first was a wireless number that was not is service (tried it 3 times). The second was a mobile with a mail box that had not been set up. Just plain Lousy series MFJ