[K4RY] K4RY: MFJ purchases Cushcraft

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MFJ Acquires  Cushcraft (Aug 7, 2009)  -- On August 7, _MFJ Enterprises_ 
(http://www.mfjenterprises.com/)  announced they had purchased the  Cushcraft 
Amateur Radio antennas product line from Missouri-based _Laird Technologies_ 
(http://www.lairdtech.com/)  effective July 31. According to MFJ,  
Cushcraft -- makers of HF/VHF/UHF vertical, beam and Yagi antennas for the  Amateur 
Radio community -- will continue to be manufactured in Manchester, New  
Hampshire. "We are excited to have the Cushcraft Amateur Radio Antennas product  
line alongside our other five companies," said Martin F. Jue, President and 
 founder of MFJ Enterprises, Inc. "This product line increases our ability 
to  offer our customers a wide range of antenna options at different prices. 
 Customers will be able to choose from Cushcraft Amateur Radio antennas, 
Hy-gain  and MFJ antennas through one source." MFJ purchased Hy-gain in 2000 
the company  also owns Ameritron, Mirage and Vectronics. Jue said that the 
Cushcraft line  will bring more than 50 new products to MFJ's Amateur Radio 
product line. "We  will add more new products to this antenna line and will 
continue the Cushcraft  Amateur Radio antennas name long into the future. 
Cushcraft Amateur Radio  antenna product customers will appreciate the continued 
and expected top-quality  manufacturing of this product in New Hampshire 
and the MFJ commitment to superb  after-the-sale service and tech support in 
Mississippi," said Jue. The 120 page  2010 MFJ catalog will include the 
entire Cushcraft Amateur Radio antennas  product line. MFJ has set up a special 
customer support line -- 662-323-5803 --  to handle Cushcraft antenna product 
technical support, parts requests and  customer services.
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