[Boatanchors] Is 4657 same animal as the 8072?

[Carl]

In my case I was at the far end of the food chain and neither I or my friend 
got any breaks from Moto as we were not "authorized" dealers.  In fact when 
a Moto sales guy stumbled in one day he was incensed to see a couple of 
Motos on the bench with RCA 8072 and Amperex 5894 boxes. He tried giving 
Dave a talking down just as I showed up and put an end to that nonsense. 
Moto never came back.

After that I had no particular use for Moto and Im glad to see them being 
squeezed out.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Is 4657 same animal as the 8072?


>    From 1979 through 1983 I owned and operated a Motorola authorized
> service shop and bought many 8072 and other tubes.  Always on the
> lookout to improve the bottom line, I shopped other suppliers for any
> stock I could.  I did not find a "significant" difference in Motorola's
> prices and other suppliers during those years.  In fact compared to a
> couple of suppliers, Motorola was actually cheaper.   Also the parts
> department of Motorola  stocked parts such as tubes  for older equipment
> far longer than other suppliers in many cases.
>
> I also spend nearly 10 years in Motorola's employment and can be a
> witness to the company's desire to be number one.  At our level the
> company management did all it could to motivate and educate us on how to
> win.  I attended several company schools covering everything from sales
> tactics to economics.  It was a great company to work for in those
> years, but sadly it has turned into a poor example of American
> businesses today.  I just wonder how much longer it will be around.
>
> Jim/W5JO
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>
>
>>I figured Id get a bit of a rise out of the Moto gang!
>>
>> I used to help a 2 way shop who uses my 180' tower for his repeaters
>> and serviced most brands. When I started using plain  8072, 5894's etc
>> he first thought I was conning him but being an intelligent fellow he
>> soon saw thru the Moto scam.  Now all he sells and works on is Kenwood
>> which I try to stay far away from.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
>>
>>
>
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