* Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Nov 05 16:55 -0600]:
> DCFluX wrote:
> > Motorola buying Yaseu would be great for the land mobile market but
> > don't forget that Motorola specifically goes out of its way to not
> > make amateur products.
>
> Thinking some more about it, another thing makes sense...
>
> Agencies and others buying them, can say goodbye to the cheap P25 radios
> Yaesu was starting to build.
>
> Back to $2000 an HT, right where Moto likes it. :-(
Yup. That's kind of where my thinking was going.
At best someone serious about keeping the ham radio product line alive
will buy it and at worst, K7BV's positive attitude notwithstanding,
Yaesu amateur radio gear will be a memory in five years. But, I doubt
any current manufacturer would be sad to see Yaesu disappear. OTOH,
maybe MFJ will buy the division. OMG, I can see the ads now... I
think I'll have nightmares for a while. Shudder.
Whenever a large company aquires a smaller company they are usually
after one of two things, aquiring a presence in an established market,
or squashing competition.
At least right now I have all the Yaesu gear I need, I just hope it
keeps working.
73, de Nate >>
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