[Boatanchors] EV-664 opinions?

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At 09:58 PM 2/14/2011, Robert Nickels wrote:
>I was wondering how GC got into the microphone business, but had
>forgotten the Al Kahn/Electo-Voice connection.  They were indeed very
>good engineer-businessmen - a rare combination.
>
>And here's another chapter of the same story:  Leo Meyerson decided to
>sell his Globe Electronics business to a larger company that could make
>the needed investment in manufacturing capacity.    The original plan
>was to roll Globe into General Cement, but realizing they lacked
>electronics know-how, Textron Electronics was set up for this purpose
>and production was moved to Rockford in 1959.
>
>RME, Globe, E-V, GC, TenTec - (and later, E-V became part of Telex,
>along with HyGain and Turner) - that's a pretty good handful of
>electronics and ham radio industry pioneers!

Tnx for the "final-final." Bob.  (MFJ now owns HyGain.)
When does this tale ever end?

Perry