[TowerTalk] Fwd: MFJ QRT on May 17, 2024

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

This is good and bad for us.  Their QC was always bad.  I hope they find 
a buyer for Hygain, Cushcraft, Ameritron.

I found his comments about covid odd.  We sell on the internet and our 
sales were beyond amazing during covid.  Everyone was home getting free 
money (cough) and buying up everything!  It is too bad that they were 
not positions to take advantage of all the hams sitting at home.

At 80, he deserves to spend the rest of his days with family.  I wish 
him and the rest of the MFJ family the best.

QST will now shrink to about 5 pages without their ads.

It will be interesting to see what happens.

Mike W0MU


On 4/25/2024 8:58 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Dear Fellow Hams and Friends,
> April 25, 2024
> Dear Fellow Hams and Friends,
>
> It is with a sad heart as I write this letter.
>
> As many of you have heard by now, MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in
> Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024. This is also the same for our
> sister companies' Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft, Mirage and Vectronics.
>
> Times have changed since I started this business 52 years ago. Our product
> line grew and grew and prospered. Covid changed everything in businesses
> including ours. It was the hardest hit that we have ever had and we never
> fully recovered.
>
> I turned 80 this year. I had never really considered retirement but 
> life is
> so short and my time with my family is so precious.
>
> I want to thank all of our employees who have helped build this 
> company with
> me over the years. We have many employees who have made MFJ their 
> career for
> 10, 20, 30, 40 and more years.
>
> We are going to continue to sell MFJ products past May 17, 2024. We have a
> lot of stock on hand. We will continue to offer repair service work for
> out-of-warranty and in-warranty units for the foreseeable future.
>
> Finally, a special thanks to all of our customers and our dealers who have
> made MFJ a worldwide name and a profitable business for so many years. You
> all are so much appreciated.
>
> Sincerely Yours, 73s
>
> Martin F. Jue, K5FLU
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk