From the June/July 1999 Grant AMateur RAdio Newsletter:
MFJ PURCHASES HY-GAIN
MFJ Enterprises has acquired Hy-Gain, a well-known manufacturer of
antennas, towers, and
rotators. Hy-Gain was owned by Telex Communications of Lincoln, Nebraska.
The deal closed May 10, according to MFJ President Martin Jue, K5FLU,
who declined to
reveal the purchase price. MFJ planned to move the antenna manufacturing
facility to
Mississippi and staff it with local employees. Jue said he anticipated
production at the new
site could begin within a few weeks.
"We bought everything--the whole deal," Jue said. "We're going to have
to shift some things
around to make room."
As it has done with other enterprises it's acquired, MFJ plans to keep
the Hy-Gain name and
operate the antenna manufacturer as a separate entity. Hy-Gain products
will compete with
MFJ's own line of antenna products, but Jue said the short-lived
Ameritron antenna line
would be discontinued in favor of the Hy-Gain line.
Former Cushcraft Production Manager Art Hambleton, K1ART, joined MFJ
Enterprises last
fall. Jue said Hambleton will be involved in the new Hy-Gain venture,
but he was not sure in
what capacity. Hambleton manned the Hy-Gain booth at the Dayton
Hamvention last month.
Jue said Hy-Gain would immediately start selling the entire product line
through the Amateur
Radio dealer network. For the past year, Hy-Gain had sold its products
factory-direct. MFJ
said it expects there to be a "small transition period" as stock, parts,
equipment, and
production are moved to Starkville. As part of MFJ, Hy-Gain will
continue its current product
line and introduce several new ones--including two new verticals
announced at Dayton.
Jue said customers can contact Hy-Gain
at 800-647-1800;
fax 601-323-6511;
http://www.mfjenterprises.com.
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