Magazine of the noted manufacturer
of the Q Meter and other equipment
The Boonton Notebook began in Spring, 1954
and was announced as a quarterly journal.
The Boonton Radio Corporation 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"
and continued to sell a number of its
products, including the
RX meter. Boonton Radio Corporation was
the second acquisition HP made.
