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Reviews For: Yaesu FC-707

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Review Summary For : Yaesu FC-707
Reviews: 9MSRP: 279.00
Description:
8 band unbalanced antenna coupler, with dummy load, SWR bridge and 15W /150W power meter. Illuminated meter.
Product is in production
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VE7ABC Rating: 2021-10-19
Early review Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I just picked up one of these little gems. My antenna is the MFJ 1788 which I am very pleased with. However, they are touchy and if I moved a small distance of the tuned frequency, the antenna had to be retuned as the SWR would get higher than my rig liked. This tuner cures that problem. I now can move15 -20 kcs off my tuned frequency and quickly and easily tune to a 1 -1 SWR. I am impressed with build quality of it. It's no lightweight unlike a couple of other low power tuners I've owned in the past. For me, it more than serves my purpose.
M6RGX Rating: 2021-08-27
One of the best Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Bought two of them 2nd hand and they tune both my 707 and 101zd perfectly.
Users need to have a touch like a midwife for best results however, but I perfected this years ago. (just ask my XYL)
Hoping for many more trouble free years from these beauties

Update...now 4 years later and they're still as good as unused tuners...Dear MFJ can I have my money back please ?
AC5XP Rating: 2008-06-16
Well built impedance match box Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I agree with the reviews here, it is well built and does the job.
However; this is not an antenna tuner, it is what I call an impedance match box. It can correct SWR mismatches from up to 1:3 back to 1:1. It can NOT tune random antennas like a real ATU can do this, the used antenna connector on the FC-707(SO239) and the distance between the variable capacitor plates (less than half a millimeter) will not allow for that. Nor can it regain the added cable losses for you that will be caused by having an SWR of 1:3 on your coaxial antenna feeder, even when you match it back to 1:1 at the rig using this unit.
And yes, that is not a particular shortcoming of just this unit, that is the case for ALL those ham match boxes, including the automatic ones built into the rigs nowadays.
If you want a real antenna tuner, you need the ones that can handle impedances much higher than 250 ohms. Like the Palstars, the SGC ATUs or the waterprood Icom ATUs for outdoor remote use.
PE1IOC Rating: 2008-01-19
Nice little thing ! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Bought mine 10 years ago second hand from a Ham who used it since 1981.
Still doing it's job perfect after all this years on Field Day, Jota and mobile use
The only thing I had to repair the last 10 years was the burned out bulb of the scale illumination from the power/swr meter.
Components used are of good quality

Doing it's job much better than the MFJ tuner I had before.
Nice little thing !

73's
Tjerk
PE 1 IOC
The Netherlands
G0LCC Rating: 2006-07-02
basic good atu Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Basic robust and mines still going after 20yrs
so its gotta be good.
VK7HDX Rating: 2004-12-29
No problems Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Great design/nice large tuning knobs and easy to see the SWR/Power readout. Tunes all bands 80-10M with no problems

Just simply..."plug it in a play"
73..Karl
VK7HDX
HK3IHK Rating: 2004-12-06
Great Antena Tuner Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Wonderfull antenna tuner. Great for the shack or mobile field operation,consists of a swr meter & power meter, antenna switch 3.5-30 MHZ matching or through via band switch. The dummy load and illuminated display working with 8v external power source.This tuner was very well constructed, with fine pieces. Very accuracy meter. A pay U$ 105.
LU5DDX Rating: 2004-06-21
lindo Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
es un muy compacto at anda bien es facil de usar el intrumento anda bien pero no es para antenas muy raras el rango es aceptable para antenas balanceadas y con una roe de 3 a 1 no mas
saludos desde Bs. As jorge
M0CLX Rating: 2003-11-21
Fine quality equipment Time Owned: more than 12 months.
This is a nice compact tuner that matches a wide range of loads 80-10M incl WARC. It also has a built in dummy load. The components seem to be very good quality and it loads up my G5RV on any band (except 160M)
It needs 8v to operate the relay to switch in the dummy load and to work the meter lamp. (not required if you don't need this).
A great bit of kit!