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class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><B>MFJ Acquires
Cushcraft</B></SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>(Aug 7, 2009)
-- On August 7,<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.mfjenterprises.com/" target=_blank>MFJ Enterprises</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>announced they had purchased the
Cushcraft Amateur Radio antennas product line from Missouri-based <A
href="http://www.lairdtech.com/" target=_blank>Laird Technologies</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>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.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV></FONT><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="e53eeaaa9548c243d8ef3923cb578e8c"><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/></font></DIV></BODY></HTML>