Thanks for the video, I used to work at EFJ in Waseca, MN in the 1980's, it was a great place to work, we were all family and EFJ himself used to walk through the plant after his retirement just to stay connected with his "work family", he was a great man, very nice and down home and very wise of course. I got to shake his hand at least a couple of times I guess and show him what I was doing as part of my job there.
Thank you for sharing your story! It's so great to hear about our founder. We're very proud of our history and our people (past and present) that have got us to where we are today. Keep in touch.
Thanks for the reply and keep up the videos, always great to see what is going on with EFJ today. And yes, Edgar Johnson was a great man and you could tell that right away when he was talking to you and interested in what you were doing and would shake your hand and appreciate what you were doing. I feel very lucky to have talked to him in person while he was still alive and visiting the plant and taking interest in what was going on after his retirement. The Waseca plant was a great place to work and I live about 30 miles or so from there and was lucky to get hired at the time, there was a boom and when I was there I think there were about 1430 employees for a while, there was also plant in Iowa for a while and in Idaho. I got to visit the one in Idaho shortly after they closed down out there.
Is EF Johnson still in MN? I worked at a 2 way radio shop in the late 90's. We were a Kenwood and EF Johnson dealer. On mobiles and handhelds (probably 90% of our business) Kenwood was just so much cheaper we quit even quoting EF Johnson units. We did sell a few of your repeaters. Very fine units. Sad to see that you can't buy a EF Johnson radio anymore but glad Kenwood has kept the Viking brand going. I have a ham licence and collect old CB's The pride of my collection is an old Messenger. Still works if you give the tubes time to warm up.
NOTHING BEATS 120 WATTS OF PLATE MODULATED AUDIO!! WHAT I WOULDNT GIVE TO HAVE A VIKING 500!! MY VALIANT WILL DO FOR NOW!! E.F.JOHNSON BUILT THE BEST TRANSMITTERS IN THE WORLD!! IM VERY PROUD TO SHOW MY LOVE FOR IT AS PER MY CALL SIGN,,(KD8EFJ)!!
Thanks for the video, I used to work at EFJ in Waseca, MN in the 1980's, it was a great place to work, we were all family and EFJ himself used to walk through the plant after his retirement just to stay connected with his "work family", he was a great man, very nice and down home and very wise of course. I got to shake his hand at least a couple of times I guess and show him what I was doing as part of my job there.
Thank you for sharing your story! It's so great to hear about our founder. We're very proud of our history and our people (past and present) that have got us to where we are today. Keep in touch.
Thanks for the reply and keep up the videos, always great to see what is going on with EFJ today. And yes, Edgar Johnson was a great man and you could tell that right away when he was talking to you and interested in what you were doing and would shake your hand and appreciate what you were doing. I feel very lucky to have talked to him in person while he was still alive and visiting the plant and taking interest in what was going on after his retirement. The Waseca plant was a great place to work and I live about 30 miles or so from there and was lucky to get hired at the time, there was a boom and when I was there I think there were about 1430 employees for a while, there was also plant in Iowa for a while and in Idaho. I got to visit the one in Idaho shortly after they closed down out there.
Informative. I knew some of the history, I built a ton of 800 and 900MHz LTR systems in the late 80s and early 90s. I work for EFJ now.
They need to make a cb again with the
.ef viking logo on it....
Rather odd that the video didn't mention the invention of LTR...
It mentions LTR, but not its invention at 2:09. That's my dad in the picture.
Is EF Johnson still in MN?
I worked at a 2 way radio shop in the late 90's.
We were a Kenwood and EF Johnson dealer.
On mobiles and handhelds (probably 90% of our business) Kenwood was just so much cheaper we quit even quoting EF Johnson units.
We did sell a few of your repeaters.
Very fine units.
Sad to see that you can't buy a EF Johnson radio anymore but glad Kenwood has kept the Viking brand going.
I have a ham licence and collect old CB's
The pride of my collection is an old Messenger.
Still works if you give the tubes time to warm up.
Irving Texas
NOTHING BEATS 120 WATTS OF PLATE MODULATED AUDIO!! WHAT I WOULDNT GIVE TO HAVE A VIKING 500!! MY VALIANT WILL DO FOR NOW!! E.F.JOHNSON BUILT THE BEST TRANSMITTERS IN THE WORLD!! IM VERY PROUD TO SHOW MY LOVE FOR IT AS PER MY CALL SIGN,,(KD8EFJ)!!