Very surprised and saddened to read AES SK.
My first transceiver, Yaesu Ft-101zd and gear was purchased from Milwaukee AES
while I was a young teenager.
73,
James
ki5dq
(ka9fhf)
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On Wed, 7/6/16, Jerry France <grf@npgcable.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re AES SK
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016, 8:32 PM
I'll sure miss them here in Lake Havasu City, AZ....when ever I needed
something in time before a contest weekend they
were there for a quick in-time delivery....great, quick service.
Jerry
K7lY
On 7/6/2016
6:15 PM, Matthew King - KK4CPS wrote:
> I've been a ham for about 5 years now, and I've seen their website many
> times.
>
> I've never ordered from them as they've never been particularly competitive
> on price or shipping.
>
> I think in today's market of competing primarily on price with quality
> customer service being a given and not something that you "pay a little
> extra for", they were unwilling or unable to lower their prices. There's
> other retail pricing outlets (DX Engineering, HRO, etc...) that are still
> going strong (and growing, it seems) so I'm not sure what was different in
> their business model to prevent them from being able to
persevere.
>
> It's always sad to see a company go by the wayside, to be sure.
>
> Best of luck to their employees!
>
> 73
>
> Matt
> KW4VY
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:34 PM, <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
>
>> Sad news. I do not recall seeing a catalog in a while. Many years ago while
>> living in Chicago I used to buy from the Milwaukee store frequently and I
>> would have the item(s) the next day.
>>
>> John
KK9A
>>
>>
From: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Reply-to: K7LXC@aol.com
>> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 17:57:33 -0400
>>
>> I just got an email from the sales manager of AES that they're closing the
>> doors at the end of the month. Hard to believe since they used to be one
>> of two 800 pound gorillas in the ham market. Apparently stuff happens.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve K7LXC
>>
>>
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