MFJ Enterprises Original MFJ-945E 1.6~60 MHz Mobile Antenna Tuner w/Watt Meter & Antenna Bypass Switch. 300 Watts

I prefer an automatic tuner but this one is great value for putting in the emergency comm prepper bag.

Had I not looked elsewhere for instructions, I would never have gotten good results. I took off the cover and adjusted the dials to match the reed chokes. While there I found that the induction coil had never been adjusted or tightened to specs. That completed, I was able to get great tuning of my dipole for 40 meters.

Product works as advertised. The paint was worn/cracked on the edges, but did not affect the performance.

this item cost me a lot of money. my IC7300 would tune to 1:1 with my G5RV with built in tunner. This item will not tune below 1:5 or higher. Tested coax, and even purchased a $388 OCF Buckmaster from HRO and replaced G5RV. Same issue where IC7300 will tune the antenna to 1:1 every time on all FREQ in the band but this MFJ will not go below 1:5 and most time more like 2:2. The reseller does not allow returns. I emailed MFJ 5 times now and was told to contact seller. A blow off. Can not even do a A-Z with this reseller. Was of a lot of money for sure.

Works very well.

Works great

This excellent tuner antenna with its maximum 300 w and the ease of obtaining a low srw with easy to use controls. Its small size and low weight make it easy to move and connect to a base or mobile station.

not really useing it to the fullest.. still a Tech

Call me crazy but I like this manual tuner, I like rotating the knobs and seeing the tuning results with the needle. I also perform this process with a new-fangled Nano-VNA, which shows a nice plot of the VSWR as Im tuning, and its a good way to see whats really going on. This model works nicely on 6 meters also.

I had this in the 90s when I was into CB Radio. It worked beautifully, but it didnt have the bypass switch then. With this and my RCI2950 radio I got all kinds of contacts. I had a full wave square copper loop antenna I built for about $50, which was 8 feet or so on a side. The MFJ tuner helped me fine tune the antenna, and I worked all up and down the east coast, into Canada, and even made a few contacts in Europe, all on 8 watts. So its not just for Hams, if you have a CB and want to talk long distance, this tuner will help you out. Now that Im getting my Tech and General license for Amateur Radio, Ill be buying another one, because I sold my original a long time ago.