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Mfj998 legal limit intellituner automatic antenna tuner. The mfj998 instantly matches impedances from 121600 ohms using mfjs exclusive intellitunetm, adaptivesearchtm and instantrecalltm algorithms with over 20,000 virtualantennatm memories. Once this happens it will be easy to make an interface cable from the mfj 998 to the k3. The dxembvatu2 remote tuner mounting system for the mfj 998rt is assembled in the following steps.