Yes, certainly very sad when old companies like this go.

A mate of mine from the FOC list spoke with him, and apparently he has tried
to sell the company but with no avail.
He has advanced Parkinson's disease.
Also, he didn't want to talk about the matter any further.

David



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On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
Sent: 10 December 2007 01:46
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Subject: Fw: official Peter Dahl QRT in ARRL news

A sad day in ham radio.


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> Peter W Dahl Company, Manufacturers of Custom Transformers, Going Out of 
> Business (Dec 7, 2007) -- The Peter W. Dahl Company in El Paso, Texas, 
> will be closing its doors as of December 31, 2007, according to Peter 
> Dahl, K0BIT, owner and founder of the company that has made custom 
> transformers for more than 40 years. Dahl, 67, is suffering from 
> Parkinson's Disease. The company manufactured a wide variety of 
> transformers and reactors for Amateur Radio and commercial radio and 
> television applications. According to Dahl, many are direct replacements 
> for original equipment components that are no longer available from the 
> manufacturer, while others have general-purpose applications in any number

> of different transmitters. He said that they had more than 4000 individual

> transformer designs on file. QST columnist John Dilks, K2TQN ("Old 
> Radio"), said the closing of the Dahl Company was "sad news for those of 
> us who restore the big iron." Dahl told the ARRL, "I want to thank 
> everyone for their business throughout the years. I have enjoyed making 
> each Amateur Radio transformer."  -- Thanks to John Dilks, K2TQN
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