[TowerTalk] MFJ Purchases Hy-Gain Lincoln, NE

[Michael Tope]

On 11/27/2010 12:54 PM, Andy wrote:
>>   MFJ planned to move the antenna manufacturing
>> facility to
>> Mississippi and staff it with local employees.
> Maybe that was their big mistake.
>
> If I remember right, they said Cushcraft manufacturing will stay in
> New Hampshire.  Perhaps the more removed they are from Mississippi,
> the better.
>
> Andy
> _____

Both Hy-Gain and Cushcraft were moved to Starkville. I know this 
because, I ordered a Cushcraft CT2 trap for an R-7000 about 6 months 
ago. They made no bones about the fact that they were swamped with the 
recent acquisition of Cushcraft as well as ongoing challenges to get the 
Hy-Gain line organized and that it would take them some time to make the 
trap. It took about 4 months before I finally received it. The 
workmanship looks good (at least on the outside), but the resonant 
frequency was off significantly. I have, however, seen that problem with 
pre-MFJ cushcraft traps, so it may be a lack of a proper test procedure 
in the documentation that MFJ inherited from Cushcraft.

73, Mike W4EF.....................