{"id":24778,"date":"2017-03-23T06:13:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T10:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24778"},"modified":"2017-03-23T06:13:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T10:13:41","slug":"international-crystal-manufacturing-closing-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/international-crystal-manufacturing-closing-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"International Crystal Manufacturing Closing Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: ARRL<\/a> via\u00a0Ed Ganshirt)<\/p>\n

International Crystal Manufacturing (ICM) of Oklahoma City has announced that it will be going out of business, probably at the end of May. Royden Freeland Jr., W5EMH, son of the company\u2019s founder, posted a letter this week on the ICM website.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be honoring all orders that we have already taken and will be able to fill a limited amount of new orders dependent upon raw materials available,\u201d Freeland said. \u201cWe would like to thank you for your past business. The success of ICM over the previous 66 years has been largely due to its amazing customer base.\u201d<\/p>\n

International Crystal produces RF control devices \u2014 quartz crystals, oscillators, QCM crystals, filters, TCXOs\/VCTCXOs, and precision crystals.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading at the ARRL…<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ICM has also posted the following message on their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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(Source: ARRL via\u00a0Ed Ganshirt) International Crystal Manufacturing (ICM) of Oklahoma City has announced that it will be going out of business, probably at the end of May. Royden Freeland Jr., W5EMH, son of the company\u2019s founder, posted a letter this week on the ICM website. \u201cWe will be honoring all orders that we have already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4199,6,3,714],"tags":[6047,6048,681],"class_list":["post-24778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-manufacturers","category-news","category-retailers","tag-icm","tag-international-crystal-manufacturing","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6rE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15097,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/vibroplex-acquires-international-radio-corporation\/","url_meta":{"origin":24778,"position":0},"title":"Vibroplex acquires International Radio Corporation","author":"Thomas","date":"October 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike (K8RAT) who shares this press release from Vibroplex: Vibroplex LLC of Knoxville, TN announces the acquisition of International Radio Corporation of Aptos, CA. 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I purchased a\u00a0kit--at $17-18 US shipped, it's quite a modest investment for what might be a fun little project. 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