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Review Summary For : MFJ 2013
Reviews: 3MSRP: 79.95
Description:
30 and 60 meter off center fed dipole (OCFD)
Product is in production
More Info: http://https://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-2013
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0033.7
W2ARP Rating: 2023-12-18
A gust of wind and lost one leg of the antenna Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I put up the MFJ-2013 OCF 30/60 meter antenna. From the first time that I used it the SWR would increase then decrease.
We had wind of no more then 25 MPH. as recorded on my weather station and I just found the longer leg of the MFJ on the ground.
Great design but very poor quality of workmanship.


NA3P Rating: 2018-06-22
Works well with low SWR Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Good results on both 30 and 60. Nice low SWR. Caution: read the instructions before installing. I only attached a line to one side of the balun, thus having it hang with the coax bent 90 degrees. You have to make a sling out of line and hang it by both holes on each side of the balun. I took it down to redo as the instructions recommended. Also, the insulators are OK but it would be better to replace with a better insulator in my opinion. But it does the job just fine for the price. First day on the air I worked VK on FT-8 on 30 meters. So it definitely works. I have it up 60 feet apex as an iverted vee.
WV4M Rating: 2018-06-16
Works well with low SWR Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I have just installed the MFJ 2013 30/60 OCFD (Windom) antenna and after giving it a thorough test the past two days I give it a 5 out of 5. I get low SWR and have had very favorable signal reports. I have it mounted at 60 feet apex inverted v configuration. The antenna seems to handle 200 watts on 30 and 100 watts on 60 very well. Rated at 300 watts, which is 100 more than allowed in the USA on 30 and 200 more than allowed on 60 meters.