[Elecraft] K4 and Delivery Delays

[Wes]

I worked for a company that was bought out by Raytheon. I couldn't retire soon 
enough.

Wes N7WS

On 3/30/2022 10:50 AM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> 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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