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"Boonton Radio Corporation the Notebook All 36 Issues 1954-65 With Index
S. 12 (von 308) An introduction to Boonton Radio Corporation ... Companies, like people, have characteristics which identify them. From its formation to the present time, the Boonton Radio Corporation built products of high quality. No attempt has been made to produce cheap instruments and the quality and usefulness per invested dollar has been kept high. Close tolerances, high stability, mechanical soundness, and broad applicability have all been built into the Company's equipment."
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"The company was founded in 1934 by William D. Loughlin and others in Boonton, New Jersey. The company developed and manufactured many innovative instruments, the most significant (and earliest) being the Q meter. The instruments they developed were mostly used for measuring for radio technology. ... In 1959, Hewlett-Packard purchased Boonton Radio Corporation as a "wholly owned subsidiary"[1] and continued to sell a number of its products, including the RX meter.[2] Boonton Radio Corporation was the second acquisition HP made.
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