My experience was similar.
About 3 years' ago, I had to replace the top yagi on my tower. I decided to
go with the HY-GAIN LongJohn 15m yagi. Since I already had 2 of the older
HY-GAINS on the tower, it made a natural fit.
BIG MISTAKE. 28 days after getting a new LongJohn yagi and putting it on top
of the tower, we had a minor wind storm here, about 50 mph winds. THE
ELEMENTS STARTED BREAKING OFF!!
Before the winter was over, I had nothing but a boom with 5 sheared off
elements left. My 15 m top yagi looked like an extra long 2m yagi.
When the first element broke off, I measured it against an extra yagi that
was stored in my barn and discovered that the end tip elements were thinner
than the elements that had been produced when the company was HY-GAIN.
The end result was over a thousand extra dollars spent, because MFJ had
thinned the inner tubing of my element tips.
And to this day, the older, original HY-GAIN yagis are still intact, having
just survived yet another winter here on the crest of the blue ridge in
southwestern Virginia.
To summarize, HY-GAIN is not the same company since being purchased by MFJ,
and I have the sheared off element tips to prove it.
73 de Jack W4TJE
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Edwards
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 10:31 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge
Hy Gain??? Big change!!
I read the reviews of the TH3Mk4 on eham, but dismissed them. I thought
"It's still HyGain!"
I planned to replace my old TH3.
The first one was a mess....elements would not even fit together
properly. I could have machined it, and made it work..but not for that
kind of money....got it replaced, and that one had traps that shook like
a rattle. Who knows what was shaking around inside there. Kind of like
an MFJ tuner....loose junk inside!!
Anyway. I returned the second one, and spent a few weekends refurbishing
my old, original TH3....which is up there now. Don't know what I'll
replace it with if I have to...hoping I can just keep resurrecting it!!
...Dave
On 5/12/14, 8:18 PM, Cecil wrote:
I haven't noticed any significant change in the HyGain product since being
acquired by Mississippi based MFJ... I'm a Mississippian and am proud to
have them manufactured in our state. Several of our club members use them
and they have been no problem....pretty much the same for the antenna
rotors....still a decent product at its price point.
Cecil
K5DL
Sent from my iPad
On May 12, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Dave Edwards <kd2e@comcast.net> wrote:
Bill....Yes, it depends on whose viewpoint.
The product with HyGain stamped on it remains doors open, but
as a potential source for a new antenna for me...they are
out-of-business...doors closed. (sadly).
...Dave
On 5/12/14, 12:38 PM, Bill NY9H wrote:
for Jim ... you are DEAD ON ....
for Dave on "closing the doors .."..
I know this means keeping the doors open.
bill ny9h
At 12:16 PM 5/12/2014, you wrote:
It sounds to me as if the recent retirement of the founding, and
presumably
only, shareholders is behind this. They needed a way to liquidate
their
investment and provide for management going forward, a very common
problem
of closely held businesses. I'd guess this is the "exit strategy" for
the
TenTec owners.
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN
<wn3vaw@verizon.net>wrote:
It only means that the new, merged firm will be known under the RF
Concepts name.
The company. Not necessarily the product line(s).
You might see, for example, something like "Ten-Tec, A Division of RF
Concepts". But I just can't see the merged firm throwing away the
reputation and corporate Good Will that comes with the Ten-Tec brand
name.
73
On 05/12/14, K3GHH wrote:
The merger of these brands under the RF Concepts banner makes perfect
sense,"
added Seedman,
"Under the RF Concepts banner"? Does that mean the TenTec brand is
disappearing? (Can we anticipate an "RF Concepts Orion 3"?
--John K3GHH
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