Re: [TenTec] FW: ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu

["Art Lewis" <wa8vsj@ameritech.net>]

Alan

Yes!! Cushcraft has eliminated all antennas that have a boom over 18 feet. 
They have stopped paying for freight charges to all its distributors and has 
not added any new antennas in the amateur field. Their ham antenna business 
is now less than 5 percent of their gross. I would expect them not to 
provide any new ham antennas in the near future. Note no adds in the AES 
catalog...
I sure hope Yaesu does not do the same thing. I might add that Yaesu has 
dropped a lot of service on products that are no longer presently produced 
(FT 100 Ft 90 etc). They have also lost some of their key people to Heil and 
Ten Tec within the past year.
I sure hope I am wrong, but it is creating some concern.

                                    73 Art WA8VSJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] FW: ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu


> Well, the know-it-alls over on the QRZ.COM forums would have you believe
> that Motorola is either going to shut down the Amateur division, sell it 
> to
> the Chinese, or sell it to MFJ.
>
> Now, mind you, there are no facts to back any of this up, just wild
> speculation.  But they already know everything, so you can take it to the
> bank.  Just ask them.
>
> Keep in mind, of course, that while Motorola will own a controlling
> interest, they won't own it all.  So we shall see.  And I wouldn't expect
> anything to happen right away.
>
> And in all fairness, you never know.  For example... anyone heard anything
> out of Cushcraft since they were sold earlier this year?
>
> 73
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of alan geller
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:07 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] FW: ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu
>
>
> Does anybody have any sense of whether Motorola will continue the amateur
> product line. Based
> on Yaesu's product line-up, Yaesu has been making big penetrations into 
> the
> commercial and security
> communication business which is why Motorola must have bought into 
> them.The
> founder may even want to spin
> off the amateur piece just to keep it alive since it was his starter set.
>
> Alan/K6ADG
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
> To: Ten-Tec Reflector <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 4:11:25 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] FW: ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu
>
>
> I just checked the calendar, and no, it's not April 1st.
>
> But this is certainly stunning news!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ARRL Web site
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 5:08 PM
>
> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX007
> ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu
>
> Z
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