Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec and the dealers

[Bill NY9H <ny9h@attbi.com>]

At 10:41 AM 1/31/03, Scott Rosenfeld [N7JI] wrote:
> But then the Y-I-K call centers would have to be in Japan - and the time
> differential alone would kill their US sales :)

Historically the Japanese have used agents... Icom when it started here in 
the states, I think was not totally owned by Icom Japan. I think there was 
some American ownership/partnership.  It, in part, could be to limit their 
losses, until firmly established.  Standard Radio for many years was owned 
by the LA based Thomas Family... ( Hi Mark !!)   In fact if you we search 
on the Marantz name, you'll see how the Standard brand was built in a plant 
that was called MJI for Marantz Japan. They made the Heath talkies also. I 
think it started as a superscope factory, owned by the LA based Tushinsky 
family. They were the importers of the Sony tape recorder line. Later Sony 
started bringing in radios  "TR-3 "and 5" tv sets.  Then there were the 
Tani brothers who started TEAC.
oops  this is the TenTec reflector...  sorry...
bill   (who has  a lot of TenTec equipment)