What does "need" have to do with it? Doesn't MFJ own three antenna
manufacturing companies all with basically the same product selection?
The Japanese companies have dominated the transceiver market for
decades, in terms of overall volume, and the Chinese companies are
developing a following, but there still seems to be plenty of room for
smaller volume manufacturers, and some people are willing to pay extra
for one of those rigs. Without having any access to their financials,
Elecraft seems to be doing okay, as a counterexample, and so does FlexRadio.
Speculating is fun, but speculation is all this is. Neither RF Concepts
nor Ten-Tec has to convince either you or I that it's a good thing to
do. They just have to convince their stockholders.
On 5/16/2014 10:49 AM, K5HM wrote:
MFJ doesn't need either of them. They already own Ameritron. They
wisely decided to stay out of the transceiver business so far. That's
the most research intensive segment of the ham market. They don't
have to compete with the Japanese and Chinese manufacturers.
73,
Ron, K5HM
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
www.qrz.com/db/k5hm <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm>
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*From:*Jonathan Guthrie [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2014 10:42 AM
*To:* K5HM; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
*Subject:* Re: [BVARC] [tdxs-list] FW: TEN-TEC and Alpha Amplifiers Merge
Maybe they're just trying to form a company that's too expensive for
MFJ to buy.
On 5/12/2014 10:32 PM, K5HM via BVARC wrote:
I don't get the logic behind this merger. Two weak companies make
one larger weak company. They serve different markets. So where
is the synergy in their merger? Cost savings? Not likely. Product
line? Nope. GO figure
73,
Ron, K5HM
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
www.qrz.com/db/k5hm <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm>
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