[South Florida DX Association] MFJ Acquires Cushcraft

[The Romagni's]

This is from the ARRL website:

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