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Glenn
WB4UIV
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At 02:41 PM 12/22/2012, you wrote:
Hi All
I think I can help answer this:
At a hamfest last year, I picked up a complete collection of the Boonton Radio Corp publication " The Notebook". This was a periodic publication by Boonton covering products and applications of their various products-- ( A great read BTW..Some day I will scan and post them somewhere --BAMA ???)
On the last page of Issue 33, the editor admitted to being HP.
" Editors Note:
BRC assumes Divisional Status:
Boonton Radio Corporation, a subsidiary of the Hewlett-Packard
company since 1959, assumed divisional status November 1, 1962.
At that time, BRC's name was changed to Boonton Radio Company.
The conversion of BRC to a division of the Hewlett-Packard Co. is a
part of the over-all program to achieve greater flexibility of the entire HP organization ......... "
It goes on to say that William Myers from HP - Palo Alto was named General Manager of the new division.
Hope this helps....
Ray Johnson WB0EBG / KE3QY
HP Components group 1993-1996
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--- In hp_agilent_equipment@..., Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...> wrote:
Really? I thought I've seen Boonton instruments younger than that. Did
HP keep the Boonton name for a while after the acquisition?
Dave
On 12/21/2012 2:12 PM, w0eom@... wrote:
1959. the instruments are shown in the HP 1963 catalog.
In a message dated 12/21/2012 12:22:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
kc0wjn@... <mailto:kc0wjn%40gmail.com> writes:
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?
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