[Elecraft] OT: Motorola buys Yaesu. Wow!

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

What hit with the 2000?  The 2000 has sold very well.  The 9000 roll out a
complete mess.  They could spin out the Amateur division and try to sell
it...Not sure who would buy it.  They do have some very good Handhelds and
mobile rigs.  The 857 was a big seller.  I am not sure what sales of the new
950 have been doing.  The rotors sell pretty well.

Someone mentioned that Kenwood had some new amateur hf rigs in the works.

I don't think Ten Tec or Elecraft would be able to mass produce a radio like
the 2000 was.  Let's not get into the merits if the radio is good or not.
There are probably over 1000 FT-2000's in the US market alone.






On 11/5/07 9:04 PM, "Joe Stofko" <wb1aiu at snet.net> wrote:

> !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
> 
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