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face=Arial>FYI:<BR><BR>Yaesu Fukushima factory shutdown<BR><BR>CQ Newsroom
reports that production of Yaesu Amateur Radio equipment at<BR>Vertex
Standard's factory in Fukushima, Japan, has been temporarily halted<BR>due to
earthquake damage<BR><BR>In an open letter to the amateur radio community,
Vertex Standard CEO and<BR>President Jun Hasegawa expressed his gratitude for
the many "kind words and<BR>thoughts about us during this difficult time." He
reports that all Vertex<BR>Standard employees and their families are OK,
although the company has not<BR>been able to reach its many dealers and
subcontractors located near the<BR>coast. "We just hope that they are alive,"
he writes.<BR><BR>Read the CQ Newsroom story at<BR><BR><<A
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