[Elecraft] OT: Motorola buys Yeasu. Wow!

[Joe Stofko]

!5 or 20 years ago, a decent crew at Motorola in Schaumberg (mostly hams) 

had a pretty good thing going, refurbishing some of the batwing company's 

commercial rigs and making them available to amateurs. I do not know the 

details .. in fact what I am relaying here is all hearsay!  Anyway. with

the exception of the 2 meter HT already mentioned in this thread. and

the "rumors" of the back-door gear I mentioned here..  I don't think that

Motorola has any interest in the amateur radio market.      Since 

Kenwood seems to have lost interest in developing and promoting new

ham gear.. maybe Motorola will offer the Yaesu amateur product

line to Kenwood !  Or.. drop the division entirely. as I think Yaesu

has taken a pretty big hit with the FT2000 and FT9000. That would

mean the BIG players would be Icom, TenTec. and . of course.

Elecraft !

Joe - WB1AIU