[Boatanchors] EV-664 opinions?

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Martin F Jun (MFJ) has "saved" quite a few ham related
companies, the latest being Cushcraft!
 
And it does appear that their quality has improved by
several magnitudes since I was doing warranty work for
their stuff at Kryder Electronics in Oklahoma City back
in the early 80s.

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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:26:58 -0500
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> From: w8au at sssnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] EV-664 opinions?
>
> 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
>
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