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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: L Cee on May 15, 2008, 0029 UTC

Title: JVC & Kenwood Merger
Post by: L Cee on May 15, 2008, 0029 UTC

JVC (Japan Victor Company) and Kenwood said Monday that they plan to become
one company by October 1 this year.
The two Japanese audio equipment makers will combine to form JVC Kenwood
Holdings, which will be based in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Full story: http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9941913-1.html

The potential implications of this for Kenwood's amateur radio division are
anybody's guess.

Title: Re: JVC & Kenwood Merger
Post by: Beerus Maximus on May 15, 2008, 2356 UTC

Kenwood's amateur business has been in decline for a long time, anyways. The last HF model they introduced was in 2003, which was the TS-480. I own one of these, and it is absolutely fantastic. But not a single model HF model has followed on since then. I hope they stay in the amateur market, but things look... not so good.