Better if we all built our own, perhaps one day I might build a shuttle
in my spare time
Paul
In message <20001228193408.33086.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com>, Mark
<fordgt390@yahoo.com> writes
>
>good news for Alpha!!!!!
>--- "Reichow, Gary J." <gary.reichow@unisys.com>
>wrote:
>>
>> ALPHA POWERS ON!!
>>
>> Longmont, Colorado - December 22, 2000
>>
>> ALPHA/POWER Chairman and CEO Richard W. Ehrhorn
>> today announced that the
>> manufacturer of high power rf linear amplifiers, and
>> CrossLink, Inc., of
>> Boulder, CO, expect to complete a definitive
>> agreement by the end of the
>> year. Under the anticipated agreement, CrossLink
>> will acquire all assets
>> of, and rights to, the ALPHA amateur radio product
>> line, and expects to
>> resume production at the CrossLink facility early in
>> 2001.
>>
>> "I'm extremely pleased to be entrusting ALPHA to the
>> capable hands of two
>> enthusiastic, licensed amateurs, Gary Zarlengo and
>> Gordon Hardman," said
>> Ehrhorn. "CrossLink's experience in rf/wireless and
>> digital communications
>> and control technology is an excellent fit for
>> ALPHA."
>>
>> Said CrossLink President/CEO Gary Zarlengo, WA0KLP,
>> and Chief Technical
>> Officer Gordon Hardman, KE3D, "We are very pleased
>> to have the opportunity
>> to continue bringing the world-renowned ALPHA name
>> and product line to the
>> amateur radio community. We have long recognized
>> ALPHA as the ultimate in
>> rf power amplifiers for amateur radio, industrial
>> and commercial
>> applications. We look forward to providing the same
>> top-quality products
>> and services that have made ALPHA the industry
>> leader for three decades,
>> including full factory warranty and post-warranty
>> service for existing
>> ALPHA owners."
>>
>> Because CrossLink is located only 25 miles from the
>> present ALPHA/POWER
>> facility, relocation is expected to be completed
>> quickly. Also, a nucleus
>> of ALPHA/POWER personnel, including Business Vice
>> President Scott Ehrhorn
>> and Customer Service Manager Glenn Pladsen, AE0Q,
>> will join CrossLink.
>> Ehrhorn will become ALPHA Product Line Manager,
>> while Pladsen will continue
>> to handle ALPHA customer service. According to
>> Hardman, additional space
>> and facilities available at CrossLink will allow
>> ongoing ALPHA production
>> at previous rates or greater.
>>
>> Additional details, including the new ALPHA address
>> as well as phone, FAX,
>> and e-mail information, will be posted on the ALPHA
>> website,
>> www.alpha-power-inc.com, as they become available.
>>
>> CrossLink, founded in 1995, is a wireless
>> communications company with a
>> strong track record in HF, VHF, UHF and Microwave
>> engineering for household
>> name companies such as Boeing, NASA, Shell Oil and
>> others. CrossLink senior
>> staff, most of who are also ham radio enthusiasts,
>> has decades of direct
>> experience in design and construction of
>> sophisticated, rugged and reliable
>> satellite and terrestrial wireless communications
>> systems. CrossLink
>> products have flown on Lockheed Martin's Atlas and
>> Boeing's Delta II
>> satellite launch missiles and will soon be flying on
>> NASA's Space Shuttle.
>> CrossLink also uses satellite telemetry
>> communications for delivering
>> remote data to customers in the transportation
>> industry.
>>
>>
>>
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>
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