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Bob Tinney <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:51:48 -0400
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Ron,

Three things that come to mind are
a talking antenna analyzer, a RF power and swr meter, and an accessible 
frequency counter.

Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]

On 4/12/2015 10:38 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman]\\` wrote:
> I have been pretty low-keyed about my company: Millitronics, Inc. However,
> several people have written to me asking about who we are and what we do.
> So, I've decided to share some limited information with all of you.
>
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>
> First, Millitronics, Inc. is a wholly owned, private corporation that has
> specialized in searching out residential and commercial market needs that we
> can fill using our knowledge of electronics. My Son heads up the technology
> areas, R & D through product design and production, and I head up finance,
> organizational development, and marketing. Without going into the details,
> we have done a great deal of custom design work for the government, but the
> mainstream focus has been developing and installing custom cell phone
> repeater systems. However, we were recently approached by a major player in
> the industry about a buyout deal, and we are currently in the final stages
> of those negotiations; for that reason, I am bound by our standing agreement
> to not reveal any of the details concerning that deal, except to say that we
> will retain our corporate name. We are exploring other opportunities. Since
> my Son and I are both hams, we would like to find some market niches in the
> amateur radio equipment market that we can fill. This includes any devices
> that are needed by hams who are blind or with low vision. Since this latter
> segment is so small, whatever we do must be of interest to the broader
> amateur radio market, and preferably even to the broader communications
> market in order to be really profitable. We are not in business to lose
> money!
>
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> We are currently in the exploratory and product development stages for
> several devices that we think will be of special interest to hams who are
> blind or with very limited vision. We are also open to recommendations that
> you might have. Several of you have shared some ideas already, but we are
> gathering all of the ideas to simply create a list of potential products.
> Then, we will assess the potential for each idea, array the ideas from the
> highest potential to the lowest and move forward accordingly.
>
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>
> Ron, K8HSY
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> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
>
> Retired Professor of Marketing
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> President: Millitronics, Inc.
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