[TowerTalk] DX eng

[Dan Bookwalter]

this should answer the questions regarding NO8D...

http://oldqslcards.com/no8d.pdf

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Tope <W4EF at dellroy.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 11:38:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DX eng

Yep, no doubt that is why DX Engineering handles their mail order sales 
so well. Here is NO8D's QRZ.com listing:

http://www.qrz.com/no8d

You'll note the common interest in ham radio and drag racing as well as 
the plug for DX Engineering.

73, Mike W4EF..........


On 7/26/2010 6:40 AM, jimlux wrote:
> Pete Smith wrote:
>    
>> I have been told that DX Engineering is a ham radio offshoot of Summit
>> Racing Equipment, a huge Internet retailer of street and strip
>> aftermarket car stuff.  As such, they obviously understand how to handle
>> Internet sales.  Summit has a beat-a-price guarantee -- I wish DX
>> Engineering did, too, but most of what they sell is proprietary and
>> pretty pricey, IMO.
>>
>>      
> Interesting.. seems plausible..  The link is PDS Electronics, Inc.
>
>   From Whois:
> PDS Electronics, Inc, dba Dx Engineering
> 1212 Northeast Avenue
> Tallmadge, OH 44278-1140
>
> But since all the other sources have the address as 1212 Southeast Ave,
> I'd believe that the whois was wrong.
>     PDS owns over 100 domains..
>
> I'm going to speculate that PDS is Paul D Sergi (NO8D), who is an
> inventor on patent #7,321,340 assigned to PDS electronics "Multi-purpose
> antenna hub", among a zillion other patents for antennas and brackets.
>
> Paul is CEO of Summit Racing Equipment
>
> SUmmit Racing
> 1200 Southeast Ave.
> Tallmadge, Ohio 44278
>
>    Whois Record for :genuinehotrod.com
> Registered by:     
> PDS Electronics Inc.
> First Registered Date:     
> 22/02/2003
> Registration Expiry Date:     
> 22/02/2011
>
> 2007:
>
> Summit Racing Equipment acquires Genuine Hotrod Hardware, a direct mail
> company
>
> An IP lawsuit PDS Electronics vs MFJ, June 4, 2009, Ohio N. District Ct.
> also: PDS Electronics, Inc. v. RadialWave, LLC   11/16/2005
>
> PDS ELectronics also has an address in Akron Ohio.
>
> And googling a bit turns up a Patric Stollsteimer who claims he's owner
> of PDS Electronics in Pueblo CO.  But that's PDS Electronics Co., not
> PDS Electronics, Inc.
>    


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