werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (07/11/83)
Bought in Panama in 78, I had the handset stolen out of my car in Venezuela. I then found out that in the instruction-booklet, there was no information as to were it was produced, nor any address. It stated to take it to your authorized maintenance place, sure, wherever that may be. I have since tried EVERYTHING to find out who is hiding behind the brand-name ALCOM, called the FCC, wrote to Japan, to various government and industry offices, no luck. There is a US-company called ELCOM, but they say they never heard of that brand either. What does one do with a base-station without a handset, anyway? can it be converted into a radar detector? An auto alarm? Does anyone care to trade it in for a "Lowenbrau"? Frustrated, and not going back to South-America, at least, not until Carneval in Rio. Werner (UUCP: { decvax!eagle , ucbvax!nbires } !ut-ngp!werner or: { allegra, ctvax, gatech, ihnp4, rice, vortex } !ut-ngp!werner ) (ARPA: cs.werner@utexas-20 or werner@utexas-11 )