They're discontinuing production at the Starkville Mississippi location... That doesn't mean that it couldn't be taken overseas.... From what I heard Martin was asking too much for the entire company... He'll probably end up selling it off in pieces.. It may make more money that way...I'm sure DX Engineering will probably want to pick up some of itChris WB5ITT Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone..so there! 😂 -------- Original message --------From: Chris Medlin via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> Date: 4/25/24 5:52 PM (GMT-06:00) To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: Chris Medlin <ctmed...@outlook.com> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Fwd: Fw: A Heavy Sad Heart My dad (W5KUB) is friends with martin and he told me months ago that Martin had been trying to find a buyer. It wasn't public news so i kept it to myself. I guess he never found anyone.
Great to hear he's settling down. 80 is pretty old and I don't think he's in the best of health. MFJ was a brand I’d grown up always seeing on the desk, even before I knew what it was. At the same time, it’s always sad to see the brands we love being discontinued. 73 chris/ac5cm Typos brought to you by iPhone On Apr 25, 2024, at 16:32, Brian Shircliffe via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: I wonder why he didn’t sell it off. Valuable brand names at least. Could have sold it 20 years ago and been retired this whole time. Oh well. Brian Shircliffe - 832-452-9868 On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 4:29 PM K5BOU via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: K5BOU-PhilippeBoucaumont Houston|Texas|USA| https://mccrarymeadowsweather.com/ Begin forwarded message: From: Jeff Greer via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> Date: April 25, 2024 at 16:26:45 CDT To: bvarc@bvarc.org Cc: Jeff Greer <gree...@hotmail.com> Subject: [BVARC] Fw: A Heavy Sad Heart Reply-To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> Looks like MFJ is winding down. From: MFJ Enterprises Inc. <m...@mfjenterprises.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:19 PM To: Jeff Greer <gree...@hotmail.com> Subject: A Heavy Sad Heart April 25, 2024 Dear fellow hams and friends, A Heavy Sad Heart 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 Copyright © *2024* *MFJ Enterprises, Inc.*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: MFJ Enterprises, Inc., 300 Industrial Park Road, Starkville, Mississippi 39759 USA. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
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