Subj : Re: MFJ Shutting Down
To   : Blue White
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Apr 27 2024 02:38 pm

  Re: Re: MFJ Shutting Down
  By: Blue White to Digital Man on Sat Apr 27 2024 08:15 am

 >  > 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.

Ah, yes, I didn't think about that aspect: workers might've been paid to stay 
home and not make radios/accessories. :-(
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                                            digital man (rob)

This Is Spinal Tap quote #27:
As long as there's, y'know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.