[Elecraft] K4 and Delivery Delays

[Wes]

IIRC, Rockwell, not Raytheon.

On 3/30/2022 10:40 AM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Ummm ... Art Collins had a very large military business in addition to a small 
> amateur one, and sold his company to Raytheon who, it turned out, had little 
> interest in building amateur gear.  The decision to leave the market was 
> voluntary, although I have vague memories of one incredibly expensive 
> Raytheon-Collins HF transceiver [KWM-380? or something like that] before the 
> end.  I don't know why Ten-Tec left, they had a very loyal and well deserved 
> following, but running a business is really complex, and they expired well 
> before COVID became a word.  To each his own.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County