As many of you have heard by now, MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in
From my TNC-X to my 40m Zepp out back I've got my share of Mighty Fine Junk about the place too.
It's almost on par with the loss of Radio Shack here but I can't fault the guy wanting to hang it up either.
I would have thought that COVID would have been a boon for HAM radio
sales
(safe stay at home activity, conspiracy theories, apocalypse
preppers)... but maybe it killed off too many old timers?
I would have thought that COVID would have been a boon for HAM radio sales
(safe stay at home activity, conspiracy theories, apocalypse
preppers)... but maybe it killed off too many old timers?
I wondered if maybe they were not able to keep their business staffed
during that time, i.e. with local lockdowns keeping workers home.
Otherwise, I agree that I would have expected it to be a similar boon for HAM radio as it was for the (brief) uptick in BBS interest.
A letter from MFJ owner Martin F Jue K5FLU went out yesterday:[...]
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.
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