Mizuho Est. 1970 , closed 2004 | Japan

Mizuho Tsushin Co. was a small Japanese manufacturer of QRP radios and kits, ham shack accessories (many specifically for QRP use), radio direction finding equipment, shortwave receiver accessories, and AM broadcast band receiver kits and antennas. Mizuho produced a wide variety of QRP rigs and accessories from 1970 until their factory closed in December, 2004. A scaled back Mizuho still is in business from the founder and owner's home offering only simple broadcast receiver kits for elementary school students and repairs of existing equipment. As of July, 2006 there is also some remaining stock of a few ham radio items offered on the Mizuho website.