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NE4EB
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Rating: 0/5
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Jul 20, 2007 09:52
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It's MFJ, What Do You Expect?
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I, too, was given once of these as a gift recently. The unit was defective right out of the box. MFJ customer support hung up on me when I began to get upset at their implications that I was somehow to blame.
Not only should one stay away from this clock, all MFJ products should be avoided like the plague. It never ceases to amaze me how some MFJ products can be given a "5" when the comments are, "Well, this tuner came with a shorted capacitor, but once I spread out the plates and touched up a few cold solder joints, it seems to work now". That's a "5" rating? MFJ will continue to thrive as long as people keep buying their junk. If you are one of the luck few that ever get an MFJ product to work, good for you. However, if you had to rebuild the entire unit out of the box, IT IS NOT A "5".
Break the cycle, spread the word, stay away from this worthless crap.
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VK6XH
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Rating: 0/5
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Jul 20, 2007 05:55
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what a shocker
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I was given this clock as a gift from the club i belong to for services rendered. After one week, 3 batteries and numerous resets I mentioned to our president how disappointed I was. he sent my email to MFJ and the responses from their contact were
"good. tell him to throw it in the trash then.
----- Original Message -----
From: 'Richard Stubbs'
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:05 PM
Subject: Clock recently received
Followed by
From: Richard Stubbs [mailto:mfjcustserv@mfjenterprises.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 10:23 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Clock recently received
yes, we have a one year warranty replacement or repair, but if someone is an @#$%, then there is no reason to follow through with it. you should have gave the clock to a more deserving person.
Do you think I will EVER have an MFJ product in my shack again? not likely with an attitude like that !!
And all I said was MFJ- made from junk, I thought that was the standard nickname for them.
73 Keith
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K4IA
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Rating: 0/5
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Sep 30, 2005 04:41
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Trashed
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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As I wrote before, this needed fixing right out of the box. That lasted a little over a year.
Today I noticed the time wasn't right and took it down to adjust. The adjustment wheel on the back spins without moving anything so I had to pop off the crown again and try to adjust the hands directly. No luck. The mechanism that ties all the different function hands together is disengaged. I can hear the gears slipping and grinding when I move the hands.
In the trash.
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AD3G
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Rating: 2/5
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May 30, 2005 11:41
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Not worth it
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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XYL unknowingly bought me as Xmas present two years ago,I wouldn't have bought for myself,but here goes...hr/min hands needed re-adjustment right out of the box,they kept bumping each other.Smaller hands don't align with numbers on face.But it does work now after much tinkering. Printed a Collins winged logo and glued it over the MFJ logo,for obvious reasons.Not real accurate,but not bad enough to complain..I readjust it every four months or so. Save your money,look for another clock,the quality is not there.
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KA2SHU
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Rating: 0/5
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Jan 3, 2005 15:19
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Poor and Unreliable
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Another MFJ poor offering. The one I have is totally unreliable. The date hand does not center on the number. The clocks hands bind with each other and then nothing is correct. Other than its impressive looks, it's nearly worthless. Pass on this one!
W4SHU
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AJ3U
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Rating: 0/5
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Jan 1, 2005 22:26
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Lousy
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Definitely not worth the money. The hour hand became loose within 1 day and started hanging up on the other dials. The gold rim on the outside flakes off very easily giving the clock a very "cheap" look. I'm going to return this to HRO and get my money back.
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AG4ZZ
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Rating: 2/5
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Nov 11, 2003 12:01
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Don't expect a good one out of the box...
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Bought this clock from HRO, took it home and unpacked it. There was no documentation or instructions with it, and nothing of help printed on the box. But not rocket science, I thought, twisting the knobs on the back and inserting a AA cell. The next day, the day indicator was off by a day and the local time was off by an hour. Resetting helped only temporarily. And it seemed that the hour hand was not synchronized with the position of the minute hand. Finally got frustrated and yanked off the front plastic cover and gave the hour hand a yank. It advanced a notch and now the clock seems to work OK. Can't explain why. Could have sent it off to MFJ, but it didn't seem worth the trouble. Finally, it does look nice on the wall, and people commenting on it get a lecture on UTC and ham radio...
Another MFJ junker that just missed getting thrown out. Finally, it does look nice on the wall, and people commenting on it get a lecture on UTC and ham radio...
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KD5MDO
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Rating: 2/5
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Aug 12, 2003 21:44
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So far, two non-working clocks!
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I have had two of these clocks, the second one being a replacement by MFJ (the MFJ sales rep was kind enough to give me a new one at a local hamfest and let me ship the other back to him - no complaints on the customer service!). Neither of them have consistently kept the correct time, date, day of the week or local time. I have replaced the batteries with fresh ones, and reset it several times but always, within a couple of days, they have lagged behind at some point. I will have to send the new one back as well and hope for a refund or replacement of a different model. On the plus side, it has a nice large face and is easy to read once you learn how. Now, if only it were correct.....
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