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Author Topic: JVC & Kenwood Merger  (Read 2865 times)

Offline L Cee

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JVC & Kenwood Merger
« 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.
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Re: JVC & Kenwood Merger
« Reply #1 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.
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