"RivaScoot" wrote in message
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 23:46:14 -0500, "Mark S. Holden"
wrote:

RivaScoot wrote:

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Does the fact that the Satellit 800 and the SW8 have the same
reception circuitry mean a third-party company makes the
internals and
that Grundig and Drake simply slap their name on the product?

I'm probably way off on base about this, but I was just curious.

Thanks,


RivaScoot


Drake designed and built the SW8 in the USA.

Lextronix bought the rights to the electronic design of the SW8,
and the
rights to the Grundig name in the USA, they hired Techsun in China
to
build them. Presumably modifications to the Drake design were done
by
Techsun.

Lextronics is now using the name Eton.


Got 'cha!

Hehe...it all sounds like a shortwave soap opera.

It's not that bad. Although Drake's past was in the
amateur and shortwave radio hobbies, it's only a
small part of their business today. Commercial
satellite equipment is their moneymaker currently.

Bill Frost told me that if you go to a motel/hotel
that has any sort of "cable", it's probably controlled
on their equipment. He mentioned that they even
signed a recent deal with SBC to provide some equipment.

--Mike L.