I have the NCC-1. Bought it NIB on eBay for $400 a few years ago. I use it with a pair of rotatable Pixel Loops. The NCC is a very well made box. It is superior to the MFJ phasing box and probably also the Timewave, although I have never owned the Timewave ANC(?) so I can't say any more about it. The NCC is also much more expensive; you get what you pay for. The MFJ phasor can be improved -- I think W8JI has modifications for it somewhere on line, and it is certainly better than nothing but the NCC overcomes its limitations. All of these phasing / cancelling devices take some fiddling and practice, and a receiver with a spectrum display is most helpful in setting them up. I had a problem with RF getting into my NCC via the DC supply line, causing the internal relays to chatter. A pair of small pie wound chokes in series with the DC at the entrance fixed the problem. You can't transmit through the NCC-1. If you have a lot of local noise and are just interested in ragchewing and therefore, are not bound by DX award and contest rules, you may as well get a shack PC and use it to go online to a Kiwi SDR at some location in your region optimized for low band reception and use that. One other thing to consider: Unless they have changed their policy, DX Engineering does not make NCC schematics available to owners.
73 and Merry Christmas Rob K5UJ _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
