I got a response from MFJ regarding the MFJ-207 and its "dead spot" on 20M and was basically told I could send it in for repair and that the repair shouldn't be more than about $35. I'm okay with that. I have only used the analyzer a handful of times in the past few years since I purchased it new but this is the first time I have tried using it on 20M. It's too bad I didn't realize this when I first bought the unit as I could have sent it back under warranty. C'est la vie. $35 isn't too bad and I know they will find the fault quickly and hopefully get the unit back to me before too long. Apparently the turn-around time at the moment is 4 weeks so it will probably be more than that. All that being said, the antenna I was trying to measure when I detected the fault is reading about 1.5:1 on the SWR so I should be fine without it.
The
Central New York Highland Games and Scottish Festival was a great time as usual. The shopping was good, the weather was great, the crowd was appreciative and we had a good play. There were 6 grade 5 bands competing and we tied for first place. When this happens the "Ensemble" score is compared and because the
Finger Lakes Pipe Band scored higher in Ensemble they got the first place and we took second. Good for them as ensemble is where it's it...at least that's what I've been told. I'm okay with second place. It is a vast improvement over our crummy play in Maxville at the
Glengarry Highland Games. I feel a lot better knowing we can play well when we are focused.
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| Our band warming up. Photo courtesy - Barbara Macdonnell |
