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K6YE
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 6, 2009 19:10
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A-W-E-S-O-M-E
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Time owned: months
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I was going to sell my late father's (K5LDH) MB-IV-A as I had heard that they were not so hot. Before listing any item, I always put them on line and run tests. I was surprised that it matched my Alpha-Delta 160/80/40 sloper and the 40 meter section of a Force-12 C4XLD without much of a problem. I currently use a Heathkit SA-2060A which has tuned every antenna that I have owned. The equipment used are FT-1000D, IC-775DSP, 91B,and TL-922A. While I plan to purchase an automatic tuner in the near future, the MB-IV-A is a keeper.
Note that the main difference between the MB-IV-A and the MB-V-A is the addition of a selectable coax switch on the front panel with corresponding SO-239 connectors on rear.
I did not try it on 20 through 10 meters because my antenna is flat. However, IMHO, this bad boy rocks. If you can find either at a reasonable price, snap it up! It will perform well, indeed!
Semper Fi,
Tommy - K6YE
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W1LJN
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 26, 2008 07:34
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Great Tuner!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This is my second and I am able to get flat SWR on 40, 80 and 160 meters. This unit is a workhorse and I particularly like the separate meters for power and SWR much better than the crossed needles. Unfortunately they are no longer produced and I had to get my second one through E-Bay - still a bargain.
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KB3KRJ
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Rating: 5/5
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May 19, 2008 20:01
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High Power and High Quality
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I wanted a high power tuner, went to HRO to look at new tuners. They had this on the used-equipment shelf. I took kit home and have been very happy. I tune a loop with approx 650 feet of wire on ALL bands, yep, even 160M. Since I bought mine I have seen them on ebay for more than twice what I paid, even then it would be a good deal.
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N5JFJ
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 22, 2007 15:52
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I love it - SHERMAN TANK!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Had mine now for about 3 years and the only time I had any problem Tuning an antenna was when I HAD A PROBLEM... WITH THE ANTENNA! Never failed me and is as smooth as silk, reliable when I go back to my recorded presets, right on track. In fact I played around with Palstars "BUT"... my money now is on Nye Viking.
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DJ1NE
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 13, 2006 10:08
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very good, massive and robust
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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This Tuner for me is a good machine, Its tune very well and is simple to use. I like this 2 Meters - work good!
The only important for this tuner is a proper rollerinductor (after any time it has "resin" and is black) and the contacts from the very massive switch. After 20 Minutes i maked clean the contacts from the switch -now its looks again silver- with a normal window cleaner "Sidolin", remove the front panel to disassamble the Inductor coil, make it very clean, used an special OIL named "BALLISTOL" a fine product for HAM. After complete the tuner - its work very good with my other US-RIG (TEN TEC OMNI V)
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N8ERM
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 20, 2006 05:59
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Fantastic
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I was told when I bought this tuner to use my antenna analyzer to set this up. I followed directions and recorded my settings on each antenna and on each band. This tuner has perfect repeatability. If it doesn't tune perfectly at the recorded settings the antenna has a problem. I since have set up three for of these for friends. I has the same results. I am not going to claim that you can load up some bed springs. If your antenna is close to resonance on each band I believe this tuner will do it's job FB.
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OZ1DTF
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Rating: 4/5
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Aug 22, 2006 10:37
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Relativelly good tuner
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought the tuner about 10 years ago and have used it succesfully with QRO (Alpha 91).
For me the tuner works perfect on 3.5-30 MHz with 2x18 m inverted V and 17 m Titanex 250 ohm Twincom balanced feeder. Recommended reading is QST March 1997 which documents matching limitations and you may choose to select antenna and feeder length accordingly. But the expectation is that you can tune almost anything. Yes, it must be a bad joke to mention 160 m in the tuning range. At least the manual should give a hint of what 160 m antenna it can tune - I still have not found out. I have no experience with customer support as the only other problem has been a loose rubber foot. I have also a nice Heathkit SA-2040 tuner with which I do not have to worry about feeder length. I should mention that I really like the metering circuits of the MB-V-A! This suddenly stop working and I had forgotten that there is a 9V battery. Over the 10 year period I have replaced this once.
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W4EWJ
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Rating: 0/5
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Aug 18, 2006 15:43
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manufacturer wont return repeated calls
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Called 4 times in last 3 wks to have metering
ckt bd repaired or replaced...Burned up under
75wts tune. If I could give them less than a
0 I sure as hell would.
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WB3HUH
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Rating: 5/5
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May 12, 2006 20:39
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Check it out before you buy
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have owned Johnson, Drake, Dentron, and MFJ tuners. I have had great luck with the second hand Nye unit that I have.I love it. I could probably load a gutter nail on 160 but that would be pushing it! I suspect that a number of negative comments are about used units that were fried through misuse (perhaps they really did try to load that gutter nail with 1000W on 160!)or the budding EE first owner decided to "upgrade" or "re-engineer" the unit.In any event, in a unit that has not been abused, and I have one, there is quality evident in construction, and performance is outstanding. Just remember... you can't run a horse hard and put it away wet and expect it to win races.
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NV7E
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 20, 2006 05:06
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Still One of the Best in Real-World Use
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I originally got the MB-V-A about 1989 to replace an MFJ high-power tuner which I had blown out. The MB-V-A never failed when I used it for its first two years with a Ten-Tec Titan linear at over 1500 watts out. Recently I had a Ten-Tec 238B tuner which I liked, but it blew out at a much lower power level, so I pulled out my old MB-V-A from reserve.
I am using the MB-V-A with a Traffie HX-5Bi Hex-Beam on 40 and 80 meters with excellent results. My previous tuner could not tune the Hex-Beam on 80 meters. I can work what I can hear, including the weak ones.
After using the other tuners, I can see now that the MB-V-A is truly a superior product. When you determine the tuner settings for a certain frequency you can rely on them. I would not want to be without one of these tuners ever again.
I recently checked to see if I could get another MB-V-A if I had to. I don't see it in the catalogs of the major ham dealers any more, but it is still available directly from Nye-Viking. Its web site is http://www.nyeviking.com/. (Note that this URL is not the same as shown at the top of the eHam review page for the MB-V-A as of the time I write this.)
NV7E + ZS6SIG
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