MFJ-941E MFJ941E MFJ Enterprises Original HF Antenna Tuner with Mini Cross Meter, 300 Watts

Well, hams often say MFJ stands for Mighty Fine Junk and in this case they are right. The tuner is VERY twitchy when moving the knobs trying to tune different bands. My antenna is resonant on 20 and 40 meters, but other bands are hard to get right without a matching unit, which is why I got this tuner. My radio wont transmit if there is a mismatch greater than 3:1. Even though the MFJ says it has tuned to 1:1, the radio often sees SWR great than 3:1 and will shut off transmit. On some knob positions, when trying to tune, the needles pulse like theyre following a regular dance beat or something. This unit acts much worse than my older 945E which I moved to my QRP unit out in the shack. This was an open box return from Ham Radio Outlet, so I guess Im stuck with it. Going to open it up, clean it out and hope for the best.

Just a little large but and excellent piece of equipment,, Used immediately and it worked without any cause for concern,,, Tuned a short end fed wire on a 9-1, un-un perfectly the first time,,,

Super easy to use. Good quality. Works like a dream.

I give this a 2-Star only because it didnt burn down my shack !! You get what you pay for. Some reviews pupped up my hopes... NOPE !!

No manual

After reading about issues with the inductor selector switch, that was the first thing I checked. Mine operates smoothly with positive detents. The antenna selector isnt as smooth. The meter backlight on the tuner I received is a nice white LED. It shows very nicely using a 5 volt power source and is really makes the meters easy to read at 12 volts. 80 through 10 meters tune nicely on my short compromise wire antenna. 10 meters is VERY sharp....patience is called for, but it will tune! My antenna is too short to get anywhere near a decent match on 160 meters. Overall, I really like this tuner so far.

After reading about bad solder joints and loose screws I took it apart. Everything was neat, tight, and properly soldered. The capacitor knobs were almost perfectly aligned. Certainly commercialy acceptable. Also, functionally it works very well.

accurate

I have a compromised location, so I have the antennas I can have, not what I really wanted. This antenna tuner allows me to work on all the bands and it does this well. Unit arrived well packaged - everything included. Checked tightness control knobs and shafts.....all looks good.

I bought this as additional tuner to my MFJ971 which is a great little tuner. The 941E has a difficult time tuning everything the 971 does and IM not sure wise. I would not buy the 941E again.