MFJ Acquires Cushcraft (Aug 7, 2009) -- On August 7,
MFJ Enterprises
announced they had purchased the Cushcraft Amateur Radio antennas product 
line from Missouri-based
Laird Technologies
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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