[Elecraft] K4 and Delivery Delays

[Fred Jensen]

Correct, they're both "R" companies and at my age, that's enough to 
confuse them. 😉  I still don't know what precipitated the demise of 
Ten-Tec but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a pandemic.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Wes wrote on 3/30/2022 10:45 AM:
> 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
>
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