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I am looking for a couple of HP oldies. The 260A Q meter and the 250A RX meter. I can't find any on eBay. These two instruments were carried over from Boonton when HP bought them out.
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J. Forster
Also ask on the Boonton Group.
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-John ========== I am looking for a couple of HP oldies. The 260A Q meter and the 250A RX |
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Wow. I didn't know HP bought Boonton. I always liked Boonton
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instruments, probably because I was born in Boonton. When did HP buy them? Dave On 12/21/2012 12:59 PM, Max Robinson wrote:
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I didn't know there was a Boonton group. I'll check it out.
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Regards. Max. K 4 O DS. Email: max@... Transistor site Vacuum tube site: Woodworking site Music site: To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. funwithtransistors-subscribe@... To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscribe@... To subscribe to the fun with wood group send a blank email to funwithwood-subscribe@... ----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@...> To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies. Also ask on the Boonton Group. |
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It was some time in the 60s but I have no idea of the exact year.
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Regards. Max. K 4 O DS. Email: max@... Transistor site Vacuum tube site: Woodworking site Music site: To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. funwithtransistors-subscribe@... To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscribe@... To subscribe to the fun with wood group send a blank email to funwithwood-subscribe@... ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Daniel" <kc0wjn@...> To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies. Wow. I didn't know HP bought Boonton. I always liked Boonton |
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1959. the instruments are shown in the HP 1963 catalog.
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In a message dated 12/21/2012 12:22:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
kc0wjn@... 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? Dave On 12/21/2012 12:59 PM, Max Robinson wrote: <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com> () Vacuum tube site: _() Woodworking site_ () Music site: _() (mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe@...) <mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>(mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe@...) <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>(mailto:funwithwood-subscribe@...) <mailto:funwithwood-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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From: "Max Robinson" <max@...> To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:59 AM Subject: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies. I am looking for a couple of HP oldies. The 260A Q meter and the 250A RXI've seen both for sale occasionally. Search for Boonton since most were made by them. I have both instruments and a 190A VHF Q-Meter. I am looking for a main capacitor assembly for mine. It was evidently bumped very hard long before I got it. FWIW, I bought the Q meters at a local swap meet (TRW) and the RX meter via the web. |
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J. Forster
-John =============== I didn't know there was a Boonton group. I'll check it out. |
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...> wrote:
Wow. I didn't know HP bought Boonton. I always liked BoontonThis 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. |
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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:
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Geoff
I have a Boonton 42BD Microwattmeter with a digital display and use it often. Im guessing a mid 70's product?
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From: Dave Daniel To: hp_agilent_equipment@... Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies. 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? > > Dave > > On 12/21/2012 12:59 PM, Max Robinson wrote: > > > > I am looking for a couple of HP oldies. The 260A Q meter and the 250A RX > > meter. I can't find any on eBay. These two instruments were carried over > > from Boonton when HP bought them out. > > > > Regards. > > > > Max. K 4 O DS. > > > > Email: _max@... <mailto:_max%40maxsmusicplace.com>_ > (mailto:max@... <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com>) > <mailto:max%40maxsmusicplace.com> > > > > Transistor site _ > () > > Vacuum tube site: _ > () > > Woodworking site > > > _ > > () > > > Music site: _ > () > > > > To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. > > _funwithtransistors-subscribe@... > <mailto:_funwithtransistors-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>_ > (mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe@... > <mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>) > > <mailto:funwithtransistors-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > > _funwithtubes-subscribe@... > <mailto:_funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>_ > (mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe@... > <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>) > > <mailto:funwithtubes-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > To subscribe to the fun with wood group send a blank email to > > _funwithwood-subscribe@... > <mailto:_funwithwood-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>_ > (mailto:funwithwood-subscribe@... > <mailto:funwithwood-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com>) > > <mailto:funwithwood-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1430 / Virus Database: 2637/5477 - Release Date: 12/21/12 |
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From: "Brad Thompson" <brad.thompson@...> To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...> Cc: "J. Forster" <jfor@...> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies. On 12/21/2012 5:39 PM, J. Forster wrote:The first is a mailing list dedicated to Boonton equipment. Originally it was just Boonton radio but also covers other stuff like the meters made by Boonton Electronics.Hello-- The other sites above are good for manuals and information but I think this fellow wants to correspond with other users of Boonton gear and find some parts. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles WB6KBL dickburk@... |
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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: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.Wow. I didn't know HP bought Boonton. I always liked BoontonThis is confusing (at least to me), because there was Boonton 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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From: "Dave Daniel" <kc0wjn@...> To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies. Really? I thought I've seen Boonton instruments younger than that. DidBoonton radio started in 1934 as Radio Frequency Laboratories and reformed as Boonton Radio Corporation a short time later. Its first product was the Q-Meter. -hp- kept the Boonton name for a couple of years anyway. I don't know if any Q-Meters or RX-Meters were made with the -hp- trade mark on them but the name is on the label on the back. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles WB6KBL dickburk@... |
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I have an old HP catalog which does not show a year but the picture on the front and back looks like an aerial view of the ocean with many things superimposed. They include a rocket, an Atlas Centaur I think, several test instruments, a disembodied scope screen and an HP knob with calibrations on its skirt. The back has the moon, a radar scope, and a spectrum display. In this catalog are an HP 260A and an HP 250A. The pictures have exactly the same control layout as the original Boonton instruments. The University where I used to teach had an RX meter which upon reflection had an HP 4 digit model number. I don't remember what it was.
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Regards. Max. K 4 O DS. Email: max@... Transistor site Vacuum tube site: Woodworking site Music site: To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. funwithtransistors-subscribe@... To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscribe@... To subscribe to the fun with wood group send a blank email to funwithwood-subscribe@... ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Daniel" <kc0wjn@...> To: <hp_agilent_equipment@...> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] HP Oldies. Really? I thought I've seen Boonton instruments younger than that. Did |
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Hi All
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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 ++++++++++++++++++++============================ --- In hp_agilent_equipment@..., Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...> wrote:
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All issues, 1 through 37, of "The Notebook" are archived here:
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73 Glenn WB4UIV At 02:41 PM 12/22/2012, you wrote:
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A couple weeks ago was a very very clean 250-A, have you checked the completed items. The seller was only asking something like $50 for it.
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Was listed at least the first time with no bidders, didnt see if it went the 2nd time. 260-A's come up at least ever 3-4 months. My spare parts 260-A's came free from a ham swap meet. I'd just wait, they will show up again. -pete BRL 250-A, HP 250-A, HP 250-B. --- In hp_agilent_equipment@..., "Max Robinson" <max@...> wrote:
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There were two companies with Boonton in their name
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Boonton Electronics. Now a division of a British company boonton.com if interested. Their two biggest contributions were a C and L bridges that ran at 1 MHz, and a power meter head using diodes. Boonton Radio Corporation or BRC. These are the guys HP bought. The Q-Meter is prob the biggest contribution, but they did a few other things very well one of which was generators that could FM better then any one else at the time. The area around Boonton was quite the concentration, all basically springing from a company called Ferris Instruments. Ballentine was another off shoot. Another company not into instruments but in the same area was Aircraft Radio Corp, or ARC. --- In hp_agilent_equipment@..., Dave Daniel <kc0wjn@...> wrote:
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