The ARRL Letter <--- complete text is at: http://www.arrl.org
Vol. 16, No. 12
March 21, 1997
IN THIS EDITION:
* End of an era for Radio Amateur Callbook
* League files RACES petition
* Phase 3D comes alive!
* Shuttle hams enthused about SAREX
* Hams have role in US space milestone
* ATV-bearing "rockoon" launch set
* Eimac sells glass-tube division
* Operations approved for DXCC credit
* Solar update
* IN BRIEF: Henry Radio closes ham retail store;
Ham hospitality at NAB; Hams in the media;
NASA TV moves
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EIMAC SELLS GLASS-TUBE DIVISION
Eimac is out of the glass-tube business. The former Eimac glass-tube
manufacturing facility has been sold and relocated from Salt Lake City,
Utah, to Easton, Pennsylvania. The new company, Triton, moved the former
Eimac plant "lock, stock and barrel" from Utah to Pennsylvania, said Mark
Hoffman, a senior scientist at Triton. In all, it took 16 tractor-trailer
loads to move the plant's manufacturing equipment and inventories across the
country. For now, Triton is manufacturing 46 different Eimac and
Westinghouse tube types, including the popular 3-500Z, 4-400A and 4-400C.
Right now, Triton does not make the 6146, 572B, 811A or 4-1000A, but Hoffman
did not rule out the possibility that the company may tool up to manufacture
those tubes in the future. Triton also makes glass tube chimneys and
sockets.
Hams interested in obtaining small quantities of Triton tubes should contact
the company's distributor, Richardson Electronics, Lafox, Illinois; tel
800-323-1770.
Eimac--recently purchased by an investment group, Communications and Power
Industries--continues to make and rebuild ceramic external-anode tubes. It
has been relocated to Palo Alto, California.
IN BRIEF:
* Henry Radio closes ham retail store: Citing competitive pressures, veteran
ham radio retailer Henry Radio has closed its Los Angeles retail store. Ted
Henry Jr, W6YEY, said Henry will continue its amplifier and commercial
lines, but--with the closing of the LA store--no longer has a "storefront"
retail operation. He said Henry Radio will continue to sell some ham radio
equipment via mail order. Henry said ham radio retailing was "not a
profitable business for us and has not been for a number of years." The
store closing eliminated eight jobs. Henry Radio opened in Butler, Missouri,
in 1927.
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