Motorola to Own 78% of Yaesu’s Parent
CNN reports that Motorola has successfully completed a tender offer for Vertex Standard, the parent company of Yaesu. This raises Motorola’s stake in the company to 78 percent.
What, if anything, this means for the future of the Yaesu VR-5000 receiver (Passport 2008, pp. 144-146) and such remains to be seen. —David Zantow
Update, February 1st: Simultaneously, Motorola is considering selling off its cellphone business.
January 27th, 2008 at 11:25 PM
This is probably a laughable question, but as a novice SWL, I pose it regardless. I see that there is a map of the world and a city listing on the screen of this and many other table-top receivers. What purpose does this serve? Does it pinpoint the origin of a station? Thanks!
Ed.: These have been on shortwave receivers going back to ye olde tube days. It’s a visual jog to potential buyers that the radio is designed to pick up the world, although when tied into clock circuitry they can be engineered to home in on local time in different countries (“click on Albania”).
Hand-wringing confession: We have a cutsie map, too, inside Passport, but show actual locations where there are world band transmitters.