[SEDXC] Announcement about VIBROPLEX being sold!

[Mike, ND4V]

If you have or find one of the early Martins with a made in Norcross plate,
I'd love to see it.

Of course Wayne WB4JUJ, Les AA4F, and I (the guys you saw helping Mitch in
the Vibroplex booth at hamfests) are giving him a hard time about firing us
right here at Christmas. 

73,
Mike, ND4V
Norcross, GA 
Home of Vibroplex d/b/a United Electrical Manufacturing Company circa 1904

-----Original Message-----
From: sedxc-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:sedxc-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Chris Wynn
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 9:15 PM
To: SEDXC at contesting.com; MAllphin at aol.com
Subject: Re: [SEDXC] Announcement about VIBROPLEX being sold!

I guess my hobby of collecting Vibroplex bugs will now include chasing bugs
from all locations that they have been made!!!

Gud luck and CU in the pileups,
 
Chris
N4XFA

 
 
Christopher L. Wynn
Attorney-at-Law
Christopher L. Wynn, ESQ., P.C.
6716 Church Street, Suite B
Douglasville, Ga., 30134
(770)942-8661 (Landline)
(770)577-1626
chris at chriswynnlaw.com

--- On Mon, 12/7/09, MAllphin at aol.com <MAllphin at aol.com> wrote:


From: MAllphin at aol.com <MAllphin at aol.com>
Subject: [SEDXC] Announcement about VIBROPLEX being sold!
To: SEDXC at contesting.com
Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 2:28 PM


Thought this would be of interest to our CW  enthusiasts....
73, Bob-K4UEE


SCOTT  ROBBINS, W4PA, TO PURCHASE THE ASSETS OF THE VIBROPLEX COMPANY, INC. 

Knoxville, TN  – Scott Robbins, W4PA, of Knoxville, TN. representing 
Cemorse LLC has signed an  agreement to purchase the assets of The Vibroplex

Company, Inc. from present  owner Mitch Mitchell, W4OA.  The  agreement will

become effective as of December 21, 2009. 
Mr. Robbins  has been an employee of Ten-Tec, Inc. (_www.tentec.com_ 
(http://www.tentec.com/) ) of Sevierville, TN since 1995 and has held the
title of 
Product  Manager for Ten-Tec’s amateur radio equipment line since 1997.  He 
will be leaving employment of Ten-Tec  in mid-December to take over 
full-time management and ownership of  Vibroplex.   The company will  be
moved from 
its present location in Mobile, AL to a new facility in Knoxville,  TN 
during the last two weeks of December.   Business at the new location is  
expected to be open by January 5, 2010 at 2906 Tazewell Pike, Suite A2B,  
Knoxville, TN 37918.  The company  toll-free sales line (800) 840-8873,
website 
_www.vibroplex.com_ (http://www.vibroplex.com/)  and email contact 
addresses 
will remain in continuous operation under the new ownership.    
“It’s a great  opportunity to continue the more than 100 years of 
tradition that the Vibroplex  name represents,” Robbins stated.   “I’ve
known Mitch 
for quite a few years and it was an important  consideration for both of us 
that Vibroplex continue operation building quality  products for amateur 
radio long into the future.   Mitch’s experience owning the  company will be

valuable as we proceed with a seamless ownership transition over  the next 
few weeks.” 
Vibroplex is  the oldest operating business in the amateur radio industry 
and has been in  continuous service to the hobby since founder Horace Martin

invented the “bug”  semi-automatic morse code key in 1904.   Mr. Mitchell 
purchased  Vibroplex in 1994, and has operated it  from Mobile, AL for the 
past 15 years. 
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