[Yaesu] Yaesu and Sommerkamp

Thu Jan 29 16:10:43 EST 2009

How about ANOTHER twist?
*<Yaesu-Musen* Co. Ltd.; Tokyo manufacturer> 
<http://wzus1.ask.com/r?t=p&d=us&s=a&c=a&l=dir&o=12770&sv=0a5c4235&ip=45f3139a&id=C4B83BEF192DE0B745455945B830F84F&q=Yaesu+Musen&p=1&qs=145&ac=24&g=51ffhHB8bRU0u4&en=in&io=0&ep=&eo=&b=a005&bc=&br=&tp=d&ec=1&pt=Yaesu-Musen%20Co.%20Ltd.%3B%20Tokyo%20manufacturer&ex=tsrc%3Dtled&url=&u=http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=3887>
> History of the radio manufacturer *Yaesu-Musen* Co. Ltd.; Tokyo 
> Summary: *Yaesu-Musen* Co. Ltd.; Tokyo. Founder and first CEO was 
> electronics engineer Sako Hasegawa, JA1MP (diet 1990). 1957 first 
> single sideband equipment 1964 moved headquarters to *Yaesu*, Chuo-ku, 
> Tokyo. Changed the company name to *YAESU MUSEN* CO., LTD.
I've seen MANY pieces of Yaesu equipment in the US that had been branded 
as such.
Bob - N0DGN
Adam Farson wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>> Thanks for the interesting background. A little more:
>> Tokuzo Inoue founded Inoue Ltd. In 1954, in Kyoto. In 1964, Inoue
> Communications Equipments Corp. was incorporated in Osaka with Tokuzo Inoue
> as MD. The company was renamed Icom Inc. in 1978.
>> http://www.icom.co.jp/world/ (in English)
>> JRC (Japan Radio Company) was chartered as Nihon Musen KK (Japan Wireless
> Ltd.) in 1915. It was a major military contractor during WW2; some Japanese
> military surplus from that era still has nameplates bearing the JRC logo and
> a Nihon Musen KK nameplate. JRC are still a big player in maritime, fixed
> and mobile radio communications and radar, but have now left the ham/SWL
> sectors.
>> http://www.jrc.co.jp/eng/ (in English)
>> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Bruce
> Sent: 29-Jan-09 12:10
> To: Yaesu at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Yaesu] Yaesu and Sommerkamp
>> Hello Deon,
>> Regarding Sommerkamp: Wolfgang Sommerkamp (DJ2YJ/HB9XSO) started an amateur
> radio business in Germany in 1962. In 1963, Sommerkamp became the German
> representative for Yaesu, and also began marketing radio equipment under his
> own name. The company moved to Switzerland 1n 1967. Sommerkamp went out of
> business in 1986.
>> Regarding Kenwood: The company first started in 1946 as the Kasuga Radio Co.
> In 1960 the company was renamed as the Trio Corporation.
> They adopted the Kenwood name for the US, because in 1961 there already was
> a US company named Trio, (a mfg. of antenna rotors), and the name was not
> available. Kenwood was not adopted for the corporate name until 1986.
>> 73, Bruce WA8TNC
> ================
> Deon Erwin ZS1ZL wrote:
>>> Bruce
>>>> There was a time before and around the 1970s when some manufacturers 
>> used different brand names for their equipment in Europe.
>>>> The Twins were designed and built by Yaesu in Japan, but marketed in 
>> Europe under the Sommerkamp label. Sometimes the model numbers were
>>> changed too.
>>> For instance, the Yaesu FT-101 was known as the Sommerkamp FT-277 and 
>> the Yaesu FT-200 was known as the Sommerkamp FT-250. (The FT-200 was 
>> also marketed as the Henry Tempo-1 in the USA.)
>>>> I bought a new FT-301D in 1977 and the cardboard box had Sommerkamp 
>> stickers placed over the Yaesu name on all sides of the box. However, 
>> the radio has its original Yaesu FT-301D label. My dealer probably 
>> sourced this radio from Yaesu Europe.
>>>> Similarly, Kenwood was marketed in Europe under the Trio label.
>>>> Deon ZS1ZL
>>>> _______________________________________________
> Yaesu mailing list
> Yaesu at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/yaesu
>>
-- 
Bob - NØDGN