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MFJ-948 Versa Tuner II

 

Interconnections 

 

Installation 

 

1.   Locate the tuner in a convenient location at the operating position.  Avoid placing the 

tuner near microphones, speech processors, computers, TNC's or other RF sensitive 
devices.  

 

WARNING:  If random wire or balanced feeders are connected directly to this tuner, 

position the tuner so the rear panel terminals can not be accidentally 
contacted by persons or conductors.  When transmitting with random wire 
or balanced lines, the rear panel feed-through insulators can operate with 
high RF voltages.  These voltages may cause serious RF burns.  These 
high RF voltages may also damage anything contacting or within a half 
inch of the terminals. 

 

2.  Install the MFJ-948 between the transmitter and antenna as shown in the diagram 

above.  Use a 50 ohm coaxial cable to connect the transmitter or transceiver to the SO-
239 (UHF female) labeled TRANSMITTER on the back of the tuner. 

 

3.   Coaxial feedlines attach to the SO-239 (UHF female) connectors labeled COAX 1 and 

COAX 2.   

 

4.   A random wire (longwire) antenna may be connected to the five-way binding post 

marked WIRE.  See the ANTENNA HINTS section for detailed suggestions on 
bringing a single wire feeder into the operating position.

 

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Summary of Contents for MFJ-948

Page 1: ...he peak or average FORWARD power REFLECTED power and SWR The wattmeter is active in all the ANTENNA SELECTOR positions To use the wattmeter without the tuning circuit select one of the ANTENNA SELECTOR positions under BYPASS The meter s full scale forward and reflected power range is controlled by the left METER switch that selects 300W or 30W If your transmitter runs more than 30 watts of output ...

Page 2: ...m eleven red SWR curves that range from 1 1 to infinity SWR is measured by observing the point where the forward and reflected power needles cross The SWR is indicated by the red curve closest to the needle crossing point No cumbersome or time consuming SWR sensitivity adjustments are required with this meter The wattmeter has an internal lamp that backlights the meter scale The lamp circuit requi...

Page 3: ...h high RF voltages These voltages may cause serious RF burns These high RF voltages may also damage anything contacting or within a half inch of the terminals 2 Install the MFJ 948 between the transmitter and antenna as shown in the diagram above Use a 50 ohm coaxial cable to connect the transmitter or transceiver to the SO 239 UHF female labeled TRANSMITTER on the back of the tuner 3 Coaxial feed...

Page 4: ...tance in position A and minimum inductance in position L Less inductance is needed as the frequency is increased If too little inductance is used the tuner may not match the load properly If too much inductance is used the tuner will be touchy and power handling will be compromised The chart in the tuning instructions shows typical INDUCTANCE switch settings for each amateur band NOTE If your tran...

Page 5: ...nd ANTENNA MATCHING controls and the INDUCTOR SELECTOR switch in the bottom Tuning Chart position for the operating frequency Tuning Chart Freq MHz Transmitter Inductor Antenna 1 8 4 1 2 A 4 1 2 1 8 1 B 1 2 0 5 1 2 A 5 1 2 2 0 3 B 3 3 5 9 B 9 3 5 6 C 6 3 5 4 D 4 3 75 7 C 7 3 75 5 D 5 3 75 3 E 3 4 0 7 C 7 4 0 6 D 6 4 0 4 E 4 7 15 8 F 8 7 15 6 G 6 10 1 9 G 9 10 1 8 H 8 14 2 9 1 2 H 9 1 2 18 1 9 1 2 ...

Page 6: ... maximum power available 7 After a low SWR is obtained the transmitter power may be increased to any value up to 300 watts carrier or 300 watts PEP Your VERSA TUNER II will reduce the SWR of most antenna systems to 1 1 In some cases a perfect 1 1 SWR may not be obtainable If this is the case the length of the antenna or the feedline can be changed slightly until a low SWR can be obtained See the a...

Page 7: ... especially if they are all connected together with jumper wires but the best RF grounds are radial systems or multi wire counterpoises that provide large low resistance surfaces for RF energy Ground rods by themselves are almost useless for dependable RF grounding RF and lightning travels on the surface of conductors Braided or woven conductors have high surface resistance to lightning and RF Gro...

Page 8: ...ll wave high impedance antenna 100 to 140 foot The half wave line repeats the high antenna impedance at the tuner The antenna system looks like several thousand ohms at the tuner on 40 meters The following suggestions will reduce the difficulty in matching an antenna with a tuner 1 Never center feed a half wave multi band antenna with a high impedance feedline that is close to an odd multiple of a...

Page 9: ...stance If you have any problem with this unit first check the appropriate section of this manual If the manual does not reference your problem or your problem is not solved by reading the manual you may call MFJ Technical Service at 601 323 0549 or the MFJ Factory at 601 323 5869 You will be best helped if you have your unit manual and all information on your station handy so you can answer any qu...

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