MFJ-994B IntelliTuner Automatic Antenna Tuner
Instruction Manual
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Setup
You can customize how the MFJ-994B tuner operates. Therefore, in addition to displaying power and
SWR, the meter also indicates tuner status when you make setup changes. The meter needles bounce, or
rise to one point and stays to provide information. In this mode the meters do
not
indicate power levels.
For example, when you press [C-DN] and [L-DN] simultaneously to place the tuner in bypass mode, the
reflected needle bounces to the 20-watt mark until you release the buttons. Table 2 summarizes the meter
needle stationary and bounce codes.
Note: When you press buttons to change specific set-ups, you will toggle to the next set-up
parameter without first seeing your current set-up parameter. I.e., you are toggling from
where you were to the new setting with each press of the buttons.
Target SWR
You can set the target SWR to 1.5 or 2.0. The tuning process will stop when a match with an SWR less
than or equal to the target SWR is found. The default is 1.5. Setting the target SWR to 2.0 may result in
shorter tuning times. You can toggle the target SWR between 1.5 and 2.0 by pressing [TUNE] and [C-
UP] simultaneously; the meter needles intersect at SWR of 1.5 or 2.0 to indicate the change.
Auto Tune SWR
You can set the SWR threshold
to 0.5, 1.0 or 1.5. The default is 0.5. In the automatic mode, the tuning
process will automatically start when the SWR is above the target SWR by this amount of SWR
threshold. For example, for target SWR of 1.5 and auto tune SWR of 0.5, the tuning process will start
whenever the SWR rises above 2.0 (1.5 + 0.5) and there is at least two watts of RF power applied. Press
[TUNE] and [L-UP] simultaneously to cycle the auto tune SWR among 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 (Reflected Power
meter needle reads 5, 20 and 60 watts, respectively).
Note: The AUTO button should always be IN (semi-automatic) unless a compatible radio interface
cable is connected between the MFJ-994B and your transceiver. This will ensure that the
MFJ-994B does not attempt tuning during high-power operation. This is particularly
important when a HF amplifier is also being used.
Note: If an amplifier is in-line, it should always be bypassed prior to tuning.
Antenna Memory
The “memory resolution” is the width of frequency spectrum that the tuner recognizes as being the same
as a tuned frequency already in memory. The memory resolution is approximately 0.1 percent of the
lower frequency of each amateur band. For example, the memory resolution on the 40-meter band (7000
to 7300 kHz) is 7 kHz; if the tuner has memorized a setting for 7050 kHz, it will automatically call up this
setting for any frequency from 7047 to 7053 kHz. The memory resolutions for the HF amateur bands 160
through 10 meters are:
