arrl delta division director henry leggette, wd4q, presents mfj founder martin jue, k5flu, with a plaque from the arrl, congratulating him on 35 years serving the amateur radio community.
mfj enterprises observed their 35th anniversary with "a day in the park" open house september 7-8 at their starkville, mississippi headquarters. arrl chief development officer mary hobart, k1mmh, was on hand to help mfj celebrate, as was mississippi section manager malcolm keown, w5xx; arrl delta division director henry leggette, wd4q, and starkville mayor r. dan camp.
this two-day celebration was filled with tours of mfj's facilities, a friday evening bar-b-que and a saturday fried chicken picnic. mfj makes amateur radio equipment such as tuners, swr wattmeters, antenna analyzers and power supplies. martin jue, k5flu, founded the starkville, mississippi-based company in 1972 while he was still attending graduate school at mississippi state university. a ham since high school, jue decided to build products for hams -- his first products were active filters for cw and phone, selling for $9.95 and $12.95, respectively. thirty-five years later, mfj features more than 1000 products.
