Nothing special by today's standards but in 1952 it was. I'll see if I can dig up the information that was sent to me.
Here is a description of the last of the series the H/J
-pete
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--- In hp_agilent_equipment@..., Peter Gottlieb <hpnpilot@...> wrote:
What was so special about the 202? Are today's generators as good?
On 12/24/2012 6:27 PM, petepdx1955 wrote:
I've been adding to my collection of HP acquisitions, from what
I've been able to find in the search of patents BRC had some interesting on
creating FM modulation. Their 202 series FM generators were the 'standard' for
anyone doing work on VHF FM which in the 60's for telemetry was a big money
maker. And if you were designing for consumer FM you bought a 202.
And of course the Q-Meter was a big seller.
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<mailto:hp_agilent_equipment%40yahoogroups.com>, "Richard Knoppow"
<dickburk@> wrote:
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From: "David DiGiacomo" <daviddigiacomo@>
To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...
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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.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk@
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