[Premium-Rx] WJ / DRS Gaithersburg is closed

[Gary Geissinger]

Steve,

Thanks for the bad (and seemingly inevitable) news.  It's good to know from a planning perspective but it hurts inside.

Kind of reminds me of when Fujitsu decided to discontinue its line of Ultra-High-Speed ECL logic.  They kept no parts of any kind. All parts in all phases of manufacture will take behind the building and crushed.

Too bad there wasn't a "broker" who could have stepped in and obtained the spare parts like the guys who resell obsolete ICs.  If one of my receivers should need a new switch or other part I'd be happy to pay real money for it.  

Gary WA0SPM, member US Army MARS

-----Original Message-----
From: Premium-Rx [mailto:premium-rx-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:38 PM
To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] WJ / DRS Gaithersburg is closed

That's a shame, end of an era.


On 1/26/2015 2:29 PM, Steve Pappin via Premium-Rx wrote:
> It's official: DRS / Watkins-Johnson Gaithersburg MD is closed. 
> Everything is gone. According to Chris Biddix they scrapped 
> everything, hardware, replacement parts, demo units, chassis, and all 
> of the printed material. If it was physical it was either crushed or 
> incinerated. Chris is going to ask if any of it went to surplus 
> dealers but we doubt it. I placed a bid on the demo units last year 
> but management decided that the liability was too great. All that remains of WJ is intellectual property. The building is up for sale.
> There will be no more new factory replacement parts for WJ radios.
>
> DRS will continue to build the new radios for UAV's and Command 
> Centers. None of them have front panels! So any new radios offered will be:
> a. Expensive
> b. Network Appliances controlled by host computers c. Require system 
> integration
>
> Best Regards,
> Steve
>
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