Yes
And when we buy they prosper and stay in business...
700,000 new "amateurs" are apparently not interested in HF rigs, sad to say.
Best regards - Bry Carling
> On May 12, 2014, at 4:13 PM, Douglas via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> I doubt that it is good news for Ten-Tec enthusiasts.
>
> Companies that are doing well financially are rarely for sale and/or its
> owners are rarely willing to merge.
> As a both past and currently self employed businessman, I speak from
> experience.
>
> Also RF Concepts has gone through several owners in the last decade or so.
> Founded as Ehrhorn Technological Operations, it's gone through a lot of
> instability. Its relatively new owner is probably trying to create a big
> enough asset/customer base to survive. Several other Amateur Radio linear amp
> makers have left the market.
> Just a few months ago Tokyo-Hypower declared bankruptcy, etc.
>
> About 5 years ago Ten-Tec was booming with a huge military contract. Those
> contracts have ended with the winding down of the Iraqi/Afghan wars. When
> they began to greatly reduce their QST advertising, etc, I suspected that
> their business was slowing.
>
> Merging two companies that are financially weak rarely creates a stronger
> unit. Look up Studebaker - Packard merger, Nash - Hudson Merger, etc.
>
> 73,
>
> Doug/WA1TUT
>
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> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 10:13:16 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC Merge
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> Knowing the quality and reputation of Alpha amps over the
> years, while I admit I didn't see this one coming... I think
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