December 28, 2011 | Amateur Radio & Scanning
Right on the heels of a publication from Yaesu and Vertex Standard announcing they’re entering the digital amateur radio market, the companies announce a corporate reorganization that brings Vertex Standard’s land mobile radio division closer to Motorola, and breaks Yaesu off into its own independent corporation again, known as Yaesu Musen (but will still be known in the United States as Yaesu USA, Inc.).
The announcement dated December 27 from Vertex Standard CEO Jun Hasegawa (click here to read the full PDF):
We would like to thank all of our valued customers for your continued support. In this letter, I am pleased to announce a recent corporate reorganization. After four years of joint venture with Motorola, we have decided to transfer the Vertex Standard LMR business to Motorola and focus on Amateur, Marine and Air-band business. The effective date for this reorganization will be January 1, 2012.
Without Motorola’s resources, the status of Yaesu’s foray into the digital radio market in amateur radio seems to be questionable, despite yesterday’s somewhat strange announcement.
Tags: Amateur Radio & Scanning, D-STAR, Motorola, Project 25, repeaters, Vertex Standard, Yaesu
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[...] This just in from the Things That Make You Go Hmmm Department: the amateur radio portion of Yaesu splits from Mother Motorola while the land mobile portion stays. This is right on top of an announcement that Yaesu will pursue a digital amateur radio offering based on land mobile technology (i.e., definitely NOT D-STAR). The K0KDS blog has the details, so go there for the full story. [...]