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From: "David DiGiacomo" <daviddigiacomo@...>
To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies.
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...> wrote:
Wow. I didn't know HP bought Boonton. I always liked Boonton
instruments, probably because I was born in Boonton. When did HP buy them?
Dave
This is confusing (at least to me), because there was Boonton
Electronics, Boonton Measurements (usually just called Measurements),
and Boonton Radio. HP bought Boonton Radio, but not the other two.
Most of the familiar Boonton instruments are from Boonton Electronics.
Boonton Electronics made sensitive electronic voltmeters and some other equipment. Measurements Corp made voltmeters and signal generators. I have a frequency calibrator/marker made by Measurements Corp. Boonton Radio Corp made the Q-Meter, which they originated, the RX-Meter, which is a consolidation of an RF bridge, signal generator, and detector in one box, and a variety of signal generators, mainly FM, and test sets for air navigation equipment.
There was also Aircraft Radio Corporation or ARC, which was a pioneer in airborne radio equipment. There were a couple of other companies too but my memory is not very reliable about them.
-hp- bought only Boonton Radio Corporation. I don't know what they wanted. They continued to build the Q-Meter and RX-Meter for a time and a small VHF signal generator, originally sold under the Boonton name and later as an -hp- product.
At the time -hp- bought Boonton they were buying a lot of small companies.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk@...
