KQ8RP Blog » mfj-998. remote auto tuner http://www.kq8rp.us Amateur Radio Still Fun After 26 Years Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:29:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 MFJ-998 Remote Tuner Setback http://www.kq8rp.us/kq8rp-antenna-farm/mfj-998-remote-tuner-setback/ http://www.kq8rp.us/kq8rp-antenna-farm/mfj-998-remote-tuner-setback/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:02:04 +0000 kq8rp http://www.kq8rp.us/?p=92 All has been really playing well with my MFJ-998 tuner setup remotely to my 165′ Inverted L antenna.  I have put up three different other antenna’s as reference antennas a Windom, Dipole and Loop all for 80 meters and nothing can beat this Inverted L.

Until now… Last night a thunderstorm rolled through.  I had the knife switch thrown on the antenna to the tuner and  the DC supply is on battery backup with protection.

After storm passed the tuner would no longer tune.  Passed self test and all but on both antenna ports MFJ-998 would not tune.

On Friday I had just ordered polyphasers to put on all antenna connections.

Day late and a dollar short.  Word to the wise, make your investment now to protect your gear.

On t’s Tadalis SX way back to MFJ for repair.

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