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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Rohn Going SK?
From: jmaass@columbus.rr.com (Jeff Maass)
Date: Fri Jul 25 12:51:27 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of BobK8IA@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 09:41
> To: k3pp@ptd.net; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Rohn Going SK?
> 
> 
> In a message dated 7/25/2003 4:52:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
> k3pp@ptd.net writes:
> 
> 
> > Say it ain't so!  Is Rohn headed the way of the dodo?
> > 
> > I just found out they are having some serious problems:
> > - Revenues deteriorating badly
> > - Net losses continue badly.
> > - Their chairman just resigned
> > - Their stock price has plummeted and NASDAQ just informed them 
> that they
> > will be delisted.
> > - Their accounting firm (PWC) has resigned.
> > 
> > Go to http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=rohn.ob&d=c for more.
> > 
> > Does anybody have the scoop on them?  Their demise could be 
> awful for us,
> > although I suspect someone would acquire their assets and 
> business if they
> > filed Chapter 11.
> > 
> > 73 de Glenn K3PP
> > 


This could explain the many items for sale on ebay by Rohn. Seemed
like a "fire sale" or clearance to me! Here are a few (the first is 
1.8 millon feet of fiber cable ($6,750,000!), and the second is $144K 
worth of new Andrews Heliax!):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4671&item=3037351081
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4671&item=3036618564
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=296&item=3036620406
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=296&item=3036619709
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4672&item=3036615036
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4672&item=3036613860
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4672&item=3036381489
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4672&item=3036381934
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4672&item=3036382181
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4672&item=3036382396
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4672&item=3036382564

73,
     Jeff Maass  K8ND

     Caribbean Contesting Consortium - PJ2T
                       http://www.pj2t.org 
 http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/Radio/PJ2T_Aerial.htm
 

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