Re: MFJ to go out of business
Shrinking? New licensees are happening daily, preppers, and others. Contesting (which drives a lot of upscale buying) seems to be healthy. The problem for most businesses are cheap products one may
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DavidC KD4E
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
I like to think that Martin gave the added companies a new lease of life for awhile. The market has been shrinking, long-term, and there¡¯s only so much you can do against demographics. Steve Wedge,
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Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
What does that have to do with MFJ going out of business? The owner is 80 years old, he doesn¡¯t wish to continue. Can¡¯t say as I disagree with him! I just hate to see all those major brands they
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Joe - W7RKN
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
No need to scold. Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS
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Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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Re: Another TR7 Journey begins
Got the new 10 turn pots installed and wow what a difference!? ?Got a dumb question - WB4HFN says in his "Identifying the Drake TR7 Transceiver" to use the 1K resistor at the top right of the power
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Bill NZ0T
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
Most will find a one to blame but really it¡¯s our own fault for not keeping and eye and hear on problems and speaking up until it¡¯s after the fact. We always find someone else to blame while
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Robert K9TWC <rhadley06@...>
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
Jim, I¡¯ve been thinking the same thing. OTOH, I have no idea what his sales figures are, vs pre-2020, and am not privy to his balance sheet. It could be a move to get a waffling buyer to commit.
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Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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Re: Old Drakes ALC
Any processor that causes the output signal to not be a perfectly linear reproduction of the input signal creates distortion. Even ALC systems cause distortion, albeit usually small and not a problem.
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Bill Leonard N0CU
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Re: Old Drakes ALC
*** Is that something you bought? Or something you made? I've played with audio with a PJRC Teensy 4. They have an audio design tool on their website; you drag and drop mixers, filters etc, and it
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jerry-KF6VB
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
Once the business totally folds, I suspect some MFJ clone products from China will appear on the market. -- 73, Bernie. VE3FWF *Real* radios glow in the dark
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Ham Radio
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
per ex employees who live in the same town, who know the current employees etc.? a buyer was found 2 yrs ago, but that dragged on and fell through.? ?It went back up for sale 6 months ago.? ?And
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Jim VE7RF
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
Plus, no one could (Or was allowed) go to work, so all aspects of a mail order business were affected, big time! Joe - W7RKN
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Joe - W7RKN
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Re: Old Drakes ALC
"Note that as a rule of thumb the ratio of peak to average in male speech is about 10db." Most tech literature indicates 14.5 db.? Other literature indicates 21.5 db.? ?They call that crest
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Jim VE7RF
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
Post-Covid labor supply also continues to be disrupted and expensive. Business needs a certain amount of margin to be worthwhile. Particularly a manufacturer like MFJ that tended to make items on the
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Scott Baker
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Drake B Line Twins For Sale
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Have a nice Drake station I'd like to sell. I have come to the conclusion that my eyes are too poor and my hands too shakey to trouble shoot and repair the tube radios I have loved through the years.
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Tim Randa <randaranch@...>
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
*** It also caused disruptions in the supply chains. You couldn't get parts. - Jerry, KF6VB
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jerry-KF6VB
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
As many of you have heard by now, MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024.? This is also the same for our sister companies¡¯ Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft,
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Peter A
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
I was thinking this might be a smart tactical move by Martin. Shutting it down may light a fire under some potential buyers to come to terms. Or maybe I just don't know anything about business. "Steve
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Jim Shorney
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
Maybe it caused problems with manufacturing. That could account for both the price increase and the problems he is having now. Lack of personnel perhaps.
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Richard Knoppow
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Re: MFJ to go out of business
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.
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Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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