Collin,
It was intended as tongue-in-cheek humor. As you are probably aware, Yaesu
has been inaccessible for years, and has demonstrated a dismissive attitude
when we've asked for their equipment to be made accessible. Chip Marjelli
was the marketing head for Yaesu America.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: Better Get Your Heil Microphones Soon!
> sorry, didn't get the point of this?
> how does the movement of this individual to heil make their products
> suddenly unaccessible?
> Unless the article wasn't complete, i didn't see anything regarding
> changes
> to the products.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:22 AM
> Subject: Better Get Your Heil Microphones Soon!
>
>
>> Well Folks,
>>
>> I recommend if anybody is considering buying a Heil Mike, best do it soon
>> before they become inaccessible for blind operators. See the following
>> article:
>>
>>
>> Chip Margelli, K7JA, Moves to Heil Sound Ltd:
>> from The ARRL Letter, Vol 25, No 37
>> Website:
>> http://www.arrl.org/
>> on September 15, 2006
>> View comments about this article!
>>
>> Chip Margelli, K7JA, Moves to Heil Sound Ltd:
>>
>> Well-known Amateur Radio industry personality Chip Margelli, K7JA, has
>> joined Heil Sound Ltd
>> http://www.heilsound.com/
>> as vice president of sales and marketing. Heil Sound President Bob Heil,
>> K9EID, and his wife Sarah announced September 14 that Margelli will be
>> responsible
>> for all national and international Amateur Radio sales and marketing
> plans.
>> Margelli, who for many years has been associated with the Yaesu Amateur
>> Radio
>> brand and regularly fronted that manufacturer's hamfest concessions all
> over
>> the US, says he's "honored and excited" to be making the move to Heil
> Sound.
>>
>> "Heil Sound is a dynamic, growing, and creative enterprise, and I look
>> forward to being a part of their bright future," Margelli commented.
>>
>> Calling it "an historic day for Amateur Radio," Heil said Margelli
>> "brings
>> his great passion and knowledge of Amateur Radio to this new post." He
> cited
>> Margelli's more than 40 years of experience and expertise as a DXer,
>> DXpeditioner, contester and top-notch CW operator "along with his great
>> knowledge
>> of just about every radio in existence" as assets that will benefit Heil
>> Sound's dealers and customers worldwide.
>>
>> Licensed since 1963, Margelli is an ARRL Life Member. He also belongs to
>> AMSAT and the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA). He and his
>> wife
>> Janet,
>> KL7MF, live in Garden Grove, California.
>>
>> Margelli has authored articles for QST, QCWA Journal, CQ and CQ VHF
>> magazines. His most recent contribution for QST was "Field Day 2003 from
>> Cuba," which
>> appeared in the December 2003 issue. Margelli enjoys operating on all
>> amateur bands from HF through UHF -- including "weak-signal" terrestrial
> and
>> moonbounce
>> work and satellite operation -- and has a special fondness for 6 meters.
>> Beyond ham radio, Margelli enjoys photography, astronomy and running
>> marathons.
>>
>> Margelli holds both bachelor's and master's degrees (political science
>> and
>> business administration, respectively) from the University of Washington.
> He
>> speaks fluent Japanese.
>>
>> In May 2005, Margelli and partner Ken Miller, K6CTW, enjoyed their "15
>> minutes of Amateur Radio fame" with an appearance on The Tonight Show
>> with
>> Jay Leno
>> on NBC. Using Morse code, the two radio amateurs went head to head with
>> US
>> cell-phone text messaging champ Ben Cook and his partner to see which
>> mode
>> would
>> get the message through in the shortest time. Margelli, Miller and Morse
> won
>> hands down.
>>
>> Outside of the realm of the Amateur Radio industry, Margelli and Heil are
>> longtime friends. An industry personality in his own right, Heil was
>> inducted
>> into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in June on the basis of his
>> pioneering
>> sound work with a variety of rock bands, including The James Gang and The
>> Eagles
>> (see "Hall of Famer Bob Heil, K9EID: "It's all Because of Ham Radio!" in
> Oct
>> 2006 QST, p 49). Another Heil friend, Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, plays in both
>> bands.
>>
>> Contact Margelli via e-mail
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.
>>
>> Steve, K8SP
>>
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