Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
Ronny Julian wrote: I just bought a Yaesy 817ND. Maybe I bought one of the last of the good ones. Time will tell. I don't see any short term changes in the Yaesu amateur/marine/avionics line. Long term, it's hard to say. They may keep the LMR and sell off the ham stuff. Motorola has ventured into ham, but they came out with a radio that was 5 years too late for the price. Good radio, but where synthesized radios were coming to market, putting out a crystal radio at a higher price wasn't going to go anywhere. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
Jim and Group, But I thought that was how Motorola ran their business, five years behind their competition! Well, maybe not that long. It's been a really long time since Motorola was a leader across the board on their products, pagers (in their heyday) and now cell phones are the only two that might apply. What helps Motorola the most is name recognition, deserved or not. Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:50 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) Ronny Julian wrote: I just bought a Yaesy 817ND. Maybe I bought one of the last of the good ones. Time will tell. I don't see any short term changes in the Yaesu amateur/marine/avionics line. Long term, it's hard to say. They may keep the LMR and sell off the ham stuff. Motorola has ventured into ham, but they came out with a radio that was 5 years too late for the price. Good radio, but where synthesized radios were coming to market, putting out a crystal radio at a higher price wasn't going to go anywhere. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.10/1091 - Release Date: 10/24/2007 2:31 PM Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.10/1091 - Release Date: 10/24/2007 2:31 PM Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
Motorola's own press release lists a media contact named Jennifer ERICKSON! You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. 73, Paul AE4KR - Original Message - From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) At 08:37 AM 11/05/07, you wrote: Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoo http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909 _ 8838_23 The Vertex board has voted to accept it, so it looks like a done deal (unless some someone / some agency / some jurisdiction files some anti-monopoly legal paperwork). If $108M is 80% of what Yaesu feels that Vertex is worth then all of it is about 135 Mil... Anybody have any idea of Motorola's history as to what happens to acquisitions? I just hope that they don't kill off the Yaesu ham radio line. Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called the Mo-Tex? Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue?
[Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
At 08:37 AM 11/05/07, you wrote: Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoohttp://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoo http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909_ 8838_23 The Vertex board has voted to accept it, so it looks like a done deal (unless some someone / some agency / some jurisdiction files some anti-monopoly legal paperwork). If $108M is 80% of what Yaesu feels that Vertex is worth then all of it is about 135 Mil... Anybody have any idea of Motorola's history as to what happens to acquisitions? I just hope that they don't kill off the Yaesu ham radio line. Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called the Mo-Tex? Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue?
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
great.. That could mean that the moto nazis go form 0 to stupid on vertex programming software next.. Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: At 08:37 AM 11/05/07, you wrote: Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoo http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoo http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909 http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909 _ 8838_23 The Vertex board has voted to accept it, so it looks like a done deal (unless some someone / some agency / some jurisdiction files some anti-monopoly legal paperwork). If $108M is 80% of what Yaesu feels that Vertex is worth then all of it is about 135 Mil... Anybody have any idea of Motorola's history as to what happens to acquisitions? I just hope that they don't kill off the Yaesu ham radio line. Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called the Mo-Tex? Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue? -- Jay Urish W5GM ex. KB5VPS ARRL Life MemberDenton County ARRL VEC N5ERS VP/Trustee Monitoring 444.850 PL-88.5 146.92 PL-110.9
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: At 08:37 AM 11/05/07, you wrote: Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoo http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoo http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909 _ 8838_23 The Vertex board has voted to accept it, so it looks like a done deal (unless some someone / some agency / some jurisdiction files some anti-monopoly legal paperwork). It smells a lot to me like a way for Yaesu to sell to the U.S. Military easier... and Moto to outsource without looking like they sent jobs off-shore? They can now easily let the Yaesu Division specify that rigs are built in the cheapest sweatshops in Asia-Pac while staying arms-length from it, to avoid the political fall out. Thoughts? Think I'm off-base? Definitely interesting/entertaining if nothing else... whether we're watching a good movie or a bad one remains to be seen until Act II, I guess. Nate WY0X
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
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.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
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. :-( Nate WY0X
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called the Mo-Tex? Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue? I vote for MoTrex-sounds like Motrac! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
I just bought a Yaesy 817ND. Maybe I bought one of the last of the good ones. Time will tell. Jim wrote: Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called the Mo-Tex? Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue? I vote for MoTrex-sounds like Motrac! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
* 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 -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @| a GNU generation! http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
You mean you have to ASK what Motorola will do to the company once they buy it? First thing will be to out-source it and move it to Mexico; then they'll close it down, thus removing yet one more piece of competition. Then they'll probably try to buy Kenwood and do the same with them. Just think of all the new stuff they will be able to stamp MD and NLA. Bob M. == --- Mike Morris WA6ILQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:37 AM 11/05/07, you wrote: Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoohttp://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7dsiteid=yhoodist=yhoo http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909_ 8838_23 The Vertex board has voted to accept it, so it looks like a done deal (unless some someone / some agency / some jurisdiction files some anti-monopoly legal paperwork). If $108M is 80% of what Yaesu feels that Vertex is worth then all of it is about 135 Mil... Anybody have any idea of Motorola's history as to what happens to acquisitions? I just hope that they don't kill off the Yaesu ham radio line. Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called the Mo-Tex? Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu)
Would be interested in your impressions after a few days use , I am seriously thinking of one able to press into base driving a home made gallon and mobile use B To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:37:41 -0500 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) I just bought a Yaesy 817ND. Maybe I bought one of the last of the good ones. Time will tell. Jim wrote: Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called the Mo-Tex? Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue? I vote for MoTrex-sounds like Motrac! -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL _ Overpaid or Underpaid? Check our comprehensive Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Emycareer%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%3Fs%5Fcid%3D595810_t=766724125_r=Hotmail_Email_Tagline_MyCareer_Oct07_m=EXT
