[TenTec] Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge

[Dave Edwards]

Hy Gain???  Big change!!
I read the reviews of the TH3Mk4 on eham, but dismissed them. I thought 
"It's still HyGain!"
I planned to replace my old TH3.
The first one was a mess....elements would not even fit together 
properly. I could have machined it, and made it work..but not for that 
kind of money....got it replaced, and that one had traps that shook like 
a rattle. Who knows what was shaking around inside there. Kind of like 
an MFJ tuner....loose junk inside!!
Anyway. I returned the second one, and spent a few weekends refurbishing 
my old, original TH3....which is up there now. Don't know what I'll 
replace it with if I have to...hoping I can just keep resurrecting it!!
...Dave
On 5/12/14, 8:18 PM, Cecil wrote:
> I haven't noticed any significant change in the HyGain product since being acquired by Mississippi based MFJ... I'm a Mississippian and am proud to have them manufactured in our state.  Several of our club members use them and they have been no problem....pretty much the same for the antenna rotors....still a decent product at its price point.
>
> Cecil
> K5DL
>
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On May 12, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Dave Edwards <kd2e at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Bill....Yes, it depends on whose viewpoint.
>> The product with HyGain stamped on it remains doors open, but
>> as a potential source for a new antenna for me...they are out-of-business...doors closed. (sadly).
>> ...Dave
>>> On 5/12/14, 12:38 PM, Bill NY9H wrote:
>>> for Jim ...  you are DEAD ON ....
>>>
>>> for Dave  on "closing the doors .."..
>>> I know this means keeping the doors open.
>>>
>>> bill  ny9h
>>>
>>> At 12:16 PM 5/12/2014, you wrote:
>>>> It sounds to me as if the recent retirement of the founding, and presumably
>>>> only, shareholders is behind this.  They needed a way to liquidate their
>>>> investment and provide for management going forward, a very common problem
>>>> of closely held businesses.  I'd guess this is the "exit strategy" for the
>>>> TenTec owners.
>>>>
>>>> 73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It only means that the new, merged firm will be known under the RF
>>>>> Concepts name.
>>>>>
>>>>> The company.  Not necessarily the product line(s).
>>>>>
>>>>> You might see, for example, something like "Ten-Tec, A Division of RF
>>>>> Concepts".  But I just can't see the merged firm throwing away the
>>>>> reputation and corporate Good Will that comes with the Ten-Tec brand name.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 05/12/14, K3GHH wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The merger of these brands under the RF Concepts banner makes perfect
>>>>>> sense,"
>>>>>> added Seedman,
>>>>> "Under the RF Concepts banner"? Does that mean the TenTec brand is
>>>>> disappearing? (Can we anticipate an "RF Concepts Orion 3"?
>>>>>
>>>>> --John K3GHH
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