MFJ makes some mighty nice ham gear, but often there's an initial tune-up. For a side project I recently bought two MFJ-1124 distro panels, one of which is pictured below.
It's a good, neat way of splitting out power from a single source among several radios. Simple, robust, pre-made, safe. No scrappy wires hanging out anywhere. Better than I could put together. But.. what's that rattle?
Eh, the nuts on the backside of the binding posts were all loose – not even finger tight – except for one that was completely off and rattling around in the case. Glad that happened, otherwise I might not have found out until too late! Popped it open (4 phillips screws), fixed it, tested it, then repeated for the other 1124 just in case, but everything was fine.
MFJ makes good stuff. "Mississippi's Finest Jewels." Just, nobody's perfect, so always remember to give MFJ magic boxes a good shake before powering them up for the smoke test.
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