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Reviews For: MFJ-1910 33ft. Telescoping Fiberglass Mast

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Review Summary For : MFJ-1910 33ft. Telescoping Fiberglass Mast
Reviews: 2MSRP: $99.
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The MFJ-1910 Telescoping Fiberglass Mast is 33 feet tall, yet collapses to a mere 3.8 feet and weighs only 3.3 pounds! You simply pull out each section and twist to lock. It extends to a whopping 33 feet -- a full quarter wave on 40 meters! The bottom section is 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Its great for portable and temporary use -- traveling, camping, from hotels, hamfests, field day, DX-peditions. Put up a full size inverted Vee dipole or full size vertical antenna in minutes and get full size performance! You can Use to make other antenna like loops and quads! The Telescoping Fiberglass Mast is made of super strong fiberglass flexes to resist breaking. Its black coating resists UV.
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K6SDW Rating: 2021-07-04
Lite duty Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Cheap, the last section is worthless. In fact mine broke off the last section, the endfed dipole too heavy.

Mast is not made for long-term use, just a quickie to get a wire antenna in the air.

GL/73
N2RRA Rating: 2021-04-13
“Might Fine Junk” wins again. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Well, here we go with what we are all typically familiar with when it comes to “MFJ” products. First impressions when I pulled it out of the bag was, pretty cool. It’s very light weight and looked nice. Didn’t take long before I was disappointed and became alarmed.

At the base of the mast fully retracted is a screw cap. I imagine so sections do not fall out and you can remove each section from the base to customize the height and maybe reduce weight by not having to lug the extra sections you don’t want. Problem is the screw cap is garbage. Not even sure why it’s even threaded. The cap doesn’t stay on for nothing. Pops out with ease. When I began to telescope each section I can tell the feel of it was cheap and light. I just didn’t realize how cheap.

I used 20awg wire for a 20m delta loop. An insulator was not used as to reduce the weight at the apex and on the mast up high. What I did use was the wire tie from one of my old loafs of wonder bread bag ties. Just marked center of the apex then tied it to the eyelet that’s built into the tip of mast. I thought if anything was going to break it be that very tip. I own a couple of other brands of telescoping masts so I’m familiar with weight of wire on the very top of these types of masts. At the two lower apex’s of the Delta loop I used these extremely light weight material of insulators that literally have the weight of paper. Well, even though there was a little flex at the tip which looked identical and typically normal to see from these types of masts as seen on my other masts it didn’t take long and much pulling to break 1 foot off the top of the notorious MFJ product. WELL, didn’t stop me from using it. I taped the wire at the broken tip and CQ CONTEST. When I was finished that weekend and took down the delta loop I now have trouble with a stuck section and can’t put the cap back on so I placed it on the floor hoping that walking away and coming back to it will just fall in like butter. Better not hold my breath.

I own Spider Beam masts and the reason I thought to try a MFJ product was price tag and the fact I could get the mast last minute within a day, or two from HRO just before a contest that weekend. Even though it’s only 1ft of mast it shouldn’t have happened not to mention the other two issues with it so far.

Probably very last time I purchase mighty fine junk.

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