[TowerTalk] antenna choices

[David Gilbert]

* Hustler is owned by New-Tronics Antenna Corporation, and their only HF 
antennas are verticals ... not yagis.  New-Tronics is a small enough 
operation that I couldn't find an annual report for them.

* HyGain and Cushcraft are owned by MFJ, and if I remember correctly 
both previously changed hands at least once before MFJ bought them.

* GAP doesn't make any HF yagis ... only verticals, and only a few 
versions of those.

* Cubex makes only quads and is owned by Tennadyne.  Neither are listed 
so it was not possible to see sales or profit data.

* Mosley still makes, and vigorously defends, metal-enclosed trapped 
yagis of decades-old design.  Enough said.

* Comet is owned by NCG and doesn't make any HF antennas at all.

* Larson doesn't make any ham antennas at all anymore and is owned by 
Pulse Electronics, which is currently in the process of being acquired 
by a private capital management company.

* GEM Quad is currently for sale without a buyer.

* Arrow does not make any HF antennas any more.

How's THAT for laughable?

Dave   AB7E




On 4/10/2015 1:26 PM, Bry Carling AF4K wrote:
> I disagree. You don't think I have a clue. I think you have less than zero clues.
> OK that's an imaginary number, but it's as laughable as this argument!!
>
> Those companies have been sold but they are still in business under new owners.
> In fact more antenna companies have been starting in recent years like M2, Spiderbeam, etc.
>
>
> Hustler
> HyGain
> Cushcraft
> GAP
> Cubex
> Mosley
> Comet
> Larsen
> Gem
> Arrow
> and many more.
>
> These all still exist. Gotham is gone. So what? You claim a lot of them are gone. Evidence
> shows otherwise.   They are still selling and succeeding. Next?
>
> On 10 Apr 2015 at 10:26, David Gilbert wrote:
>
>> For mass production you need a mass market.  I don't think there is one
>> anymore.  Optibeam pretty much builds to order (although of course they
>> stock parts and tubing), and given the variety of models required to be
>> credible I suspect other companies do mostly the same.  I don't think
>> you have a clue about the scale of the market or the costs involved.
>> Stop and consider all the antenna companies that have folded or been
>> sold in the decade or two ... some several times.  If selling cheaper
>> antennas on a large scale was as lucrative as you claim somebody would
>> be doing it, but reality is headed in the other direction.
>>
>> Dave   AB7E
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