[ICOM] ham radio industry

[rayswan at rochester.rr.com]

I would burn my ham radio gear right now if I thought for a minute that it would heat those poor souls trying to keep their kids warm while sleeping under the stars in 0degree temperatures.

I'm a little embarrassed that we think of ourselves first when we have so much.  Picture yourself for a minute standing on a roadway with rubble all around you and nothing but the clothes on your back. Were it me I'd be thinking about where I could find a place to hole up for the night and maybe something to eat.  It's not just here, I see it on the news too.  Sorry to take this tone with you all but we will get through the loss of our radio gear much easier then the victims will get through the loss of their homes tonight.

ray swan  -NV2A





---- STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu> wrote: 

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Who cares?  We all should.  If the problems in Japan continue to get
worse, we will see outages of parts that no one expected.

In an age of global interconnected systems, what affects one area
of the world can have ripple effects upon others.  Ten Tec and
others may well experience parts shortages of some kind because
of the situation in Japan.

--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf  en72

On 03/17/11 05:13, jeff partington wrote:
> who cares? ten tec is still in buisness......(BTW---my main radio is a fully modded and filtered icom 765)
>
>
> From: Alan Leith<aleith at syd.eastlink.ca>
> To: 'ICOM Reflector'<icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
>
> Thanks, Adam.  I knew you'd come through.  I think there may be some
> interruptions in the supply line of ham radio gear but I think also that
> won't have much of an effect on us.
>
> 73
>
> Al, VE1AL
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Adam Farson
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:13 PM
> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
>
> Hi Al,
>
> Icom's factories are in Wakayama, 100 km SW of Osaka. Their corporate HQ is
> in Osaka. Both cities are in the Kansai region (southern Japan), which was
> unaffected.
>
> Icom's Tokyo office sustained some damage, and their Sendai office was
> severely damaged. All their employees are OK, but some of the Sendai staff
> had difficulty contacting their families.
>
> I am not sure about Kenwood. Much of their manufacturing is outside Japan
> (e.g. Singapore), so they will be able to keep products in the pipeline -
> as long as they can still procure parts from their suppliers in Japan.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Alan Leith
> Sent: 16-Mar-11 15:14
> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
>
> Good to know.  That puts Yaesu's situation is better light.  That's far
> more newsworthy than idle speculation.  Now, what about Icom and Kenwood?
>
> 73
>
> Al, VE1AL
>
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