Wonder if it's held in the K3 with hot glue like they use to hold the panel meters in their antenna tuners .... have seen this in a tuner purchased by a friend.
73 ! K0PP On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 10:01 Doug Person <d...@kj0f.com> wrote: > MFJ has been a leader in automatic tuner technology for years. It was > probably a very simple engineering process for them to use what they > have to create a K3 tuner. You may have a dislike of MFJ products. But, > that doesn't preclude the fact that their tuners work very well. They > have been selling the K3 tuner for years. It doesn't seem the least bit > surprising given the modular nature of the K3 and the long history MFJ > has with automatic tuner technology. Maybe it's actually a complement to > Elecraft that MFJ takes the K3 so seriously. > > Doug --KJØF > > On 4/7/2019 10:26 AM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote: > > Ozarkcon yesterday. Break-time. Pile of MFJ catalogs on a table. > > Took one back to my seat to kill time. Opened it up to the second > > page and in the lower left corner is a box-ad with the following: > > > > > > "MFJ ATU PC Board for Elecraft K-3 Rig. MFJ-950K3 is a super clone of > > the KAT3 optional tuning board for the superb Elecraft K3 > > transceiver. MFJ-950K3 is a direct plug-in PC board for the Elecraft > > K3 10 Watt or 100 Watt model. Covers 1.8 to 54 MHz. This automatic > > antenna tuner PC board features an L-Match design and can match SWR up > > to 10:1. It handles 100 Watts. The ATU PC board has a second antenna > > port, and a sub-rx SMA port. All antenna ports are protected with gas > > discharge tubes. Super sensitive relay allows excellent low current > > drain. MFJ-950K3 is 4W x 3 1/2H x 1 1/4D inches and easily slides > > right into the K3’s tuning board slot. Weighs less than 1/2 pound. > > Pick up this great accessory for your K3 today and save $$$!" > > > > > > What in the world is that all about? What possible market are they > > shooting at? Who would put anything "MFJ" in anything Elecraft? > > > > Someone enlighten me! Did I sleep through April 1st? > > > > https://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-950K3 > > > > 73, > > > > Kent K9ZTV > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > https://www.avg.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- > 73 de Doug -- KJ0F > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
