I'd seen chatter from six months ago that Martin was trying to sell the business.? I've also heard that there were buyers but the parties could not achieve a meeting of the minds on the terms of sale.
Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
Time flies like an arrow.? Fruit flies like a banana.
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On Friday, April 26th, 2024 at 8:59 AM, Paul Christensen <w9ac@...> wrote:
Don¡¯t ignore the many supply chain issues that affected manufacturers¡¯ production volume.
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I hope one or two ¡°white knight¡± buyers surface. But, given the tone of the letter it could be that an 80-year-old man with enough money simply wants to call it quits and avoid the many logistical and legal problems associated with the sale of a business.
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What I don¡¯t understand is the owner mentions covid affected his business???? Covid gave ham radio the biggest shot in the arm that anything could ever do!!! The lockdowns caused many many people to turn to hobbies like radio. A Ameritron 811 went from $850 to $1400. Just as one example of how much amps went up. Maybe the overpricing of certain items effected his business but not the lack of interest.
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I have 10 Hy-gain monoband Yagis and I hate the thought of not having access to aluminum replacement element parts. ?They break occasionally.
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Add to that a 2m Cushcraft, a 6m Ariane Arrays and a 40m JK.? Arian is out of business.? JK is solid.? Cushcraft and Hy-gain, ouch. ???
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Oh man, I hate it when things like this happen (and I won't even go into the politics that caused it)!
I hope somebody buys Hy-Gain and Cushcraft.? I have owned antennas by both and they were great (almost bought an Ameritron amp. but found the IC-2KL I was looking for.
And, FWIW. my MFJ-939 Artificial Ground antenna tuner has worked GREAT on my 135FT end fed antenna with counterpoises - no complaints.
It would be a service to the ham community if some company came in and took over the lines MFJ carried.
"Always look for a positive solution then Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome"
- Adaptation of the U.S. Marine Corps motto
"There are no rules here!...We're trying to accomplish something!!"
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal.? It is the courage to continue that counts."
-?Winston Churchill
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On Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 04:20:37 PM MDT, Lyndon VE7TFX <lyndon@...> wrote:
Maybe not going entirely out of business.? From a Gigaparts note
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>? ? Yesterday, MFJ Enterprises announced that they
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>? ? and antenna switches.
[https://twitter.com/gigaparts/status/1783594308030898567]
There's a fairly lively thread about this on Reddit:
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Based on my personal history with MFJ gear I've bought over the years,
I won't miss their in-house products.
--lyndon
