[Premium-Rx] WJ / DRS Gaithersburg is closed

[Mark Rauchfuss]

Which one? There are so many examples to own.

There is such a large parc of used receivers to select from and from which
spares will continue to be available well beyond many of our lives...

Mark,
N7MSR

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:22 PM, jlchapman2 at juno.com <jlchapman2 at juno.com>
wrote:

> That's a shame.  I had hoped to eventually obtain one.  But such is not
> the case now. John C
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Steve Pappin via Premium-Rx <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
> To: <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Premium-Rx] WJ / DRS Gaithersburg is closed
> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:29:54 -0800
>
> 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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