Man, FUKUSHIMA? As in Fukushima that holds the Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant? I would expect them to NEVER be able to reopen that plant.
This is not good news for amateur radio. Competition in Japan and in the US has brought us to a level of radio technology that many of us NEVER believed we see and at really good prices. You can buy a great radio right now for about the same dollars (even after inflation) that I did in the late 1970's! I hope they make a come back. Bob On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM, K9DUR <k9...@rnacs.com> wrote: > Aren't we glad that Austin is not in an earthquake zone! > > From the CQ Newsroom: > > ================================ > Yaesu Temporarily Suspends Production After Earthquake - All Vertex > Standard > employees and their families are said to be safe. > > Production of Yaesu radios at Vertex Standard's factory in Fukushima, > Japan, > has been temporarily halted due to earthquake damage. > > In an open letter to the amateur radio community, Vertex Standard CEO and > President Jun Hasegawa expressed his gratitude for the many "kind words and > thoughts about us during this difficult time." He reports that all Vertex > Standard employees and their families are OK, although the company has not > been able to reach its many dealers and subcontractors located near the > coast. "We just hope that they are alive," he writes. > > Hasegawa also reports that the Yaesu factory in Fukushima suffered > "minimal" > damage from the earthquake but has been temporarily shut down nonetheless. > He says he expects it to be back in normal operation within one to two > weeks > and asks for everyone's understanding and cooperation. > > At this time, there have been no public reports received from any of the > other Japanese amateur radio manufacturers. > ================================ > > 73, Ray, K9DUR > http://l9dur.info > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
