[Boatanchors] Bird Electronics?????

[Sandy]

RE: Repairing the elements or “slugs” as they are commonly called...  Some chap wrote a pretty thorough article on repairing and recalibrating them.  As I remember, it was something I stumbled across whilst searching thru Googles immense “search” database!  You might try searching “repair of Bird elements or slugs” or somesuch.  If I manage to retrieve something I’ll let everyone know.

Sorry my memory is getting bad.  I used to have Gigabyte space but nowadays it has been reduced to kilobyte space from “Murphy’s” induced old age syndrome!

73,

Sandy W5TVW


From: Harold Hairston 
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 9:22 PM
To: Mark Foltarz ; ebjr37 at charter.net ; manualman at juno.com 
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Bird Electronics?????

While we are on this thread, does anyone know of any company that will repair Bird Elements?

Harold
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Foltarz 
  To: Harold Hairston ; ebjr37 at charter.net ; manualman at juno.com 
  Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 10:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Bird Electronics?????

  Group,


    Bird is still very much in business. I drove past their building in Solon, Oh this past week as I suffered a cold on a "vacation."

    Now the matter of if they will do business with the small guy is anybody's guess. However, Coaxial Dynamics, also out of Cleveland, will talk with a ham - and all their elements fit a good old Bird 43.
  http://www.coaxial.com/home_frames.htm
  They did exhibit at the Dayton hamfest in recent years.


  de KA4JVY

  Mark




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    From: Harold Hairston <k4hca at windstream.net>
    To: ebjr37 at charter.net; manualman at juno.com
    Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
    Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 9:58 PM
    Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Bird Electronics?????

    Sandy;

    I don't know about the status of the Bird Corporation. I can tell you that I 
    contacted them twice in the last couple of years and received no  response 
    either time. Seems that at least they don't care about the "Small Fish". If 
    anyone learns the status, please let the rest of us know.

    Harold

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: <manualman at juno.com>
    To: <ebjr37 at charter.net>
    Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
    Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 8:50 PM
    Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Bird Electronics?????


    > It's Bird Technologies:
    > http://www.bird-technologies.com/
    >
    > Pete, wa2cwa
    >
    > On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 19:46:26 -0500 "Sandy" <ebjr37 at charter.net> writes:
    >> I Googled Bird Electronics to see what elements were selling for new.
    >>  I got another outfit!  Looks like they are selling Bird and other
    >> stuff.  Did Bird go out of business???  I would have never suspected
    >> this would happen!  I see my old Bird 4410 with the elements I have
    >> are worth as much or more than they were worth new.
    >>
    >> Clew this old man in guys....is Bird still in business?
    >>
    >> 73,
    >>
    >> Sandy W5TVW
    >>
    >> General Radio is defunct I know and probably others too?
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