Harris selling its broadcast business

[cceng]

Announced today.....Harris will sell off its broadcast equipment business....

[fm-engineer]

Link?

Wonder what will happen to the new Flexiva line of transmitters?  Rumor was the Flexiva was a foreign design.  Nautel has put a huge dent in Harris transmitter sales over the past ten years.

[frankberry]

Hopefully, they will sell their product line to a company with strong customer/product support.
Harris has had horrible support for many years.

[JRZFM100]

Q: How should Harris be divested?
A: In "pieces / parts"

Individual parts of Harris BCD (Broadcast Division) should be acquired by (hopefully domestic) companies that have a synergistic fit and therefore a need for the picese/parts of Harris.

For example, Broadcast Electronics would not need a solid state FM or AM transmitter line, as they already have those lines fully developed, so the Harris RF Transmission business would be a perfect fit for Continental, as all Connie has left is the big 3-bay 816 series tube transmitter.

So Harris RF Transmission to Continental ... that makes good sense.

I'm sure there are other synergies like that for the other parts of BCD...   what are they?

[ABQRADIO]

I recently had a problem with a Harris CD Link STL, and got absolutely wonderful phone support when I called.  Fast, knowledgable, helpful.  So despite what so many people have been saying on the board, I am a happy camper!

[grich]

Link?

here you go...
http://www.harris.com/view_pressrelease.asp?act=lookup&pr_id=3453

[frankberry]

I'm guessing that Harris will need to break-up the various divisions.
Radio, television, graphics, etc.
There are only a few companies which could absorb the entire Harris product line.

[Brian Bowers]

Talk about the end of an era! I never thought I would ever see the day when Harris exited the broadcast industry. I know of a few owners that are gambling every second by still running their main 30 and 40 year old Harris transmitters as their mains. I would publicly like to thank everyone in the Harris broadcast division who has ever given me assistance over the years. It was always provided in a timely and friendly manner. Good luck to all of you in the future. 

[frankberry]

Indeed.  Harris has produced some really great equipment through the years ...... as well as some real clunkers.
The best AM transmitter I ever heard was a Harris MW-50.

[RadioFan2J3]

Talk about the end of an era! I never thought I would ever see the day when Harris exited the broadcast industry. I know of a few owners that are gambling every second by still running their main 30 and 40 year old Harris transmitters as their mains. I would publicly like to thank everyone in the Harris broadcast division who has ever given me assistance over the years. It was always provided in a timely and friendly manner. Good luck to all of you in the future. 

Assuming tubes will still be available, I'd think that a 30-40 year old transmitter is far easier to keep on the air today than a transmitter built today will be to keep on the air 30 years from now.

Too many unobtanium parts 30 years from now.