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Bake it with rf was the final solution after returning it to its mfj case. I cleaned it with dawn and water and let it sit a couple days. I would have to say that it did absorb some of the mineral oil and a slight bit of water. After returning it to its mfj case, the heat from running a 2x10...
I started messing with it again last night after reading this old post. I was able to get swr down to 1.5 before I called it quits for the night. I am left to believe it is something to do with the grounded end. I will tinker more soon and see what I can get.
I was told I could put my mfj-264 1500 watt dummy load in mineral oil and it would work. I had no luck just very high swr from the load. It works all cleaned up from the oil but did not work in the oil. What did I do wrong?
I sold mine, i liked it but it didn't like amplifiers. Was either not enough or not enough. No low power swing and high power wasn't high enough. Great radio to run barefoot as a base though, it just wasn't loud enough as a mobile in the diesel.
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