Gang,
With all that’s been said, there is a casuality already.
I market several small projects to the ham radio community, and it looks like
I’ll have to source the cabinets from a different company.
here’s a snippet from Tom Salvetti, from Ten Tec
Dear OEM Customers:
Announced this week, Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC merged under the RF Concepts
banner. The merger creates a multi-million-dollar communications company
offering a span of high power RF Amplifiers, Transceivers, Surveillance
Receivers and more.
Our strategic vision for the combined companies is to focus 100% of our efforts
and capital investment in engineering an ever expanding line of innovative and
customer-driven communications products. We've made the difficult decision to
curtail operation of our much smaller division offering custom enclosures.
Mike Bryce WB8VGE
prosolar@sssnet.com
On May 20, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net> wrote:
> John,
>
> Forget the press release. It's half a puff piece anyway.
>
> RF Concepts purchased Ten-Tec. They then merged the two business units
> (Ten-Tec and Alpha) into one, from a corporate standpoint, and are in the
> process of integrating them.
>
> The important thing is that the company & brand will survive, and with any
> luck, thrive.
>
> In any event, I spoke to several people at both the Ten-Tec and Alpha
> exhibits at Dayton, as well as several former Ten-Tec staff members. The
> WORST I can say is that they are all cautiously optimistic, and quite a few
> are excited at the possibilities.
>
> This is not the same thing as a bank merger, where the federal government, or
> an agency thereof, forced an insolvent or failing bank into an unwanted
> purchase by another, more successful bank, with the usual integration
> headaches.
>
> The reality is that of the two presumed main shareholders of this private
> corporation, ie the two founders, one has been a Silent Key for some time
> now, and the other had retired. So, the company is now in the hands of
> someone with the interest, energy, and money to keep the company going.
> What's the alternative, after all? That Ten-Tec continued with indifferent
> ownership, and eventually ended up in the hands of people who didn't care?
> Or worse, in the hands of a third party that accumulates fine companies and
> turns them into more outlets for fine junk?
>
> Oh, and I was told that because the combination of the two firms happened so
> quickly and so soon before Hamvention, it was not possible to combine the two
> exhibit spaces on short notice. So, not to worry on that score, either.
>
> I'm more impressed that of all the manufacturers present, someone chose
> Ten-Tec & Alpha equipment at the heart of the W100AW/8 Special Event Station.
> And from what I saw, quite a few of the people operating the station, or
> watching them operate, were equally impressed -- or more. Now that's
> publicity & good will you can't buy!
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
>
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