[FLBOATANCHORS] ANCIENT CRYSTAL MAKERS LIST

[Brian Carling]

On 10 May 2004 at 22:36, N4BKT William Laakkonen wrote:

> Crystek Crystals has been around since 1958. They used to have their
> plant right next to JAN here in Fort Myers. Both were on Crystal
> drive. JAN still is there, they are much smaller than they used to be
> as they seemed to stay loyal to all of us Hams and liked to do our
> small lot jobs.
>
> Another spin off from the JAN/Crystek groups was Fox Electronics, also
> based here in in my home town of Fort Myers. As far as I know none of
> the companies are financially related but they were formed by people
> who originally came to town to work with JAN.

This always fascinated me!
At ONE time, even TEXAS CRYSTALS was in Fort Myers too!

OK guys we are up to 82 companies listed now at:
http://www.af4k.com/crystalholders.htm

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