[Yaesu] Motorola bids for 80% of Vertex Standard

[Glen Zook]

Motorola has actually been in the direct amateur radio
business twice before.  The first was in the late
1940s and early 1950s when they made a 10 meter mobile
AM station.  Both the transmitter and receiver were
crystal controlled and in separate cabinets (i.e. the
old "twin coffin" design but smaller cabinets than the
FM two-way equipment).

The next time was in the late 1960s and early 1970s
when they marketed their VHF marine transceiver as the
Metrum 2-meter unit.

Of course they also built quite a number of Collins
designed R-390 series receivers for the military.

Glen, K9STH


--- "Paul S. Serio" <pss at tecinfo.com> wrote:

Looks like Moto will finally enter the ham radio
market if only by default! Will we soon see Moto
branded ham radios and Yaesu branded cell phones? I
bet they just stay the course. Why mess up a good
thing.









Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com

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