[TowerTalk] Telrexn iin the wind

[Chuck Sudds]

At 11:23 AM 3/2/05 -0500, Tom Rauch wrote:

Hi Tom!

Yes, I realize the difference between Telrex and Telex.  Due to my 
location, I have visited the old HyGain/Telex plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, 
on several occasions.  Never made it up to New Jersey, where the TelREX 
plant used to be.  I was just making a comment as to the quality of the NEW 
HyGain line of antennas and my personal experiences ;)

Chuck  KØTVD



>Ummm...I don't get it.
>Hygain also used the name Telex. The Telex line was never
>sold to MFJ.
>MFJ had some very cheap poorly designed antennas they rolled
>into the Hygain line.
>Telrex was an old company that had nothing to do with Hygain
>or Telex. They made things much better than old cheap
>companies like Gotham. Telrex's engineering was certainly
>lacking on some products, like baluns and the big 40M
>antenna I bought.
>73 Tom