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Reviews For: MFJ-1610T HF stick antenna for 10 meters

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Review Summary For : MFJ-1610T HF stick antenna for 10 meters
Reviews: 1MSRP: 25.00
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From the website: This MFJ monoband mobile HamTenna Whip makes HF mobiling fun and easy! Theyre small, lightweight, efficient, and super easy-to-use. Dual center and distributed loading lets you radiate efficiently -- you get more power out for working DX and ragchewing. Each is ruggedly constructed. A heavy duty 4 foot, 3/8 inch diameter fiberglass rod, a nearly indestructible .125 inch diameter PH-17-7 stainless steel whip and chrome plated brass fittings will give you years of dependable service. Its sleek, low profile construction has low wind loading and its semirigid fiberglass eliminates the need for springs or guys. A black anti-static jackets protects the loading coil and blends with any vehicle. The stainless steel whip is adjustable for lowest SWR. Includes Allen wrench and complete tuning and matching instructions. Handles 250 Watts PEP. About 7 feet tall fully extended and collapses to 4 feet for easy storage. These MFJ monobanders are available for 6 Meters and each HF band. Simply screws into any 3/8 x 24 female mount for quick band-changing. Protected by MFJs famous No matter What one year limited warranty. MFJ will repair or replace (at our option) your Ham-tenna no matter what for one full year.
Product is in production
More Info: https://mfjenterprises.com/products/mfj-1610t?_pos=1&_sid=796312459&_ss=r
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NC4RT Rating: 2022-03-20
Does not resonate in the CW area Time Owned: more than 12 months.
On the positive side: the antenna works well, is compact, and is therefore easy to transport.

Negatives: it is not possible to adjust this (or any other MFJ hamstick I've ever had) into the CW sub-band. With a tuner, I can easily get there, but "barefoot" the antenna resonates at the high end of the SSB portion.

This was especially disappointing to me with the 10m product. The band is so wide, and the resonant spot for me was in the vicinity of 29.5 MHz... For me, the SWR in the CW subband was up around 3.5 - 4.0.

I'm using them as a dipole, with the MFJ dipole bracket, feeding them with window line, and elevating the dipole about 30' into the air.

All that said, I have made plenty of CW contacts using a tuner, at QRP levels, with this antenna.

I currently own 3 pairs of them (10/20/40m), and store them in a PVC case I made.

Another negative: the Allen wrench supplied with the antenna is made of some sort of cheap steel, and rounds over in only a few uses. You will need your own Allen wrench if you adjust the dipole more than once or twice.

If MFJ made two varieties of these, one for SSB and one for CW, I would be happy to give it 5 stars.