[WIham] Fwd: CQ Newsroom-Japan Update

[Mark Thompson]

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News and information of interest to ham  radio operators from CQ Amateur Radio 
magazine, the world's leading  independent ham radio magazine.
 
Kenwood: Production Unaffected by Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
The   president of Kenwood USA says the company's staff in Japan is safe and   
facilities there are undamaged. In addition, says Junji Kobayashi in a   
statement posted on the company's website (www.kenwoodusa.com), there   has been 
no impact on Kenwood's equipment production since its  main   factories are 
located in Malaysia.
 
Kobayashi said Kenwood's corporate offices  are south and west of  the quake 
zone, but "power outages and  interruption of mass transit  have kept most of 
Kenwood's staff at home  since the earthquake."  However, he says, "we expect 
the infrastructure  to improve in the  coming week and our operations to fully 
resume  accordingly."
 
"We appreciate the concern for our  employees expressed by all  those who have 
contacted us," Kobayashi  added. He promised additional  updates as conditions 
warrant.
Posted by CQ Newsroom  at 6:25 PM   



ICOM: Staff & Factories OK - Other Issues May Slow ProductionICOM  America says 
the company's facilities in Japan suffered only minor  dama ge from the March 11 
earthquake, but that there may be interruptions  in its supply chain from 
vendors in the quake/tsunami zone and that  other issues, such as rolling power 
blackouts, may slow production.


Ray Novak  ,  N9JA, ICOM America's Division Manager fo r Amateur and Receiver 
Products,  released a statement reporting that no one on the company staff is  
known to have been injured as a result of the earthquakes or tsunami.  "There 
are no     damages reported at Icom's headquarters in     Osaka  or at either of 
our two main factories in 

Wakayama," the statement says.  "Both Osaka and Wakayama are located far south 
of the    most severely  affected areas. Icom did suffer some minor damage at 
our Tokyo and  Sendai     branch offices."

"Most of  Icom's facilities and systems are ready to get back to normal 
business,"  the statement continued. "However, supplier logistics,     commuting  
issues and future power disruptions will affect our company. It is too  soon to 
tell how big an impact    the earthquake and its aftermath will  have on Icom."

The  statement concluded with a request for donations to help with disaster  
relief efforts: "We are fortunate that most of the Icom family has so  far 
survived this crisis intact. Other families have not    been so  fortunate, and 
many lives have been lost. Crisis relief donations are  requested through the 
American     Red Cross at www.redcross.org. Google has also posted a helpful 
crisis     response page on how to get involved."
Posted by CQ Newsroom  at 12:05 PM    
  
 
 Yaesu Update - Some Production Continues in China
Some  production of Yaesu amateur radio equipment continues, according to  
Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, Executive Vice President of Yaesu Amateur  Radio 
Sales. 


Yesterday,  company president Jun Hasegawa announced that production at  
Vertex-Standard's factory in Fukushima, Japan, has been suspended due to  
earthquake damage. However, Dennis informs us that Yaesu also has a  plant in 
China that is in full production.

 Posted byCQ Newsroom at 11:16 AM  
 
Check the CQ Newsroom page regularly for updates on the disaster in Japan, 
especially as it relates to amateur radio. 

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