Hi International’s main business was re-channeling non-synthesized radios and replacing broken crystals in various pieces of com gear. It’s been a *lot* of years since the last of the non-synthesized radios came out. The business probably has been dropping off pretty steadily for many years …
Bob > On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:39 PM, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On 3/11/17 4:30 PM, Scott McGrath wrote: >> From the tone of the letter it sounds like the bank cancelled line of credit, > > Or, he wants to retire and nobody wants to carry it on. His dad started it > in 1950, the son picked it up in 1970. It's 47 years later. > >> >> Which is stupid given that much of their line is military which is getting a >> huge boost in spending > > Plenty of other crystal and oscillator manufacturers around. > > There's also a change in what kinds of crystals are needed. I suspect most > things being built and designed today use the crystal as a "master > oscillator" that is used to drive some sort of synthesis chain. The need for > "I have to have a 12.345,324 Hz crystal" is going away. > > >> >>> On Mar 11, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Bryan _ <bpl...@outlook.com> wrote: >>> >>> Disappearing or manufacturing just moving overseas?. Video at the bottom is >>> interesting, classic. >>> >>> >>> http://hackaday.com/2017/03/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-crystals/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -=Bryan=- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.