229:
424:
27:
177:
105:
Before
Terrence Gooding, president and CEO of Wavetek, took Wavetek private in 1991, the company had 800 employees, 260 of whom worked in San Diego. The company had plants in the US states California, Florida, Indiana, and New York. It had overseas locations in Germany, Hong Kong and the United
120:
acquired
Wavetek's Precision Management Division, and announced their intention to keep the Wavetek name for existing products. WWG kept Wavetek's LAN business unit, cable networks, fiber optics and wireless test gear.
92:
and service monitors. Although
Wavetek did not invent the function generator, it made them commercially popular. The company faced a decline starting in the late 1970s, which eventually resulted in their sale to
461:
490:
480:
495:
485:
377:
454:
262:
447:
332:
204:
234:
182:
55:
132:
In 2001, Wavetek's LAN tester division which developed the LanTEK series
Ethernet test instruments was acquired by
252:
94:
37:
400:
110:
409:
85:
257:
117:
404:
148:
acquired
Acterna for $ 760 million, which became part of JDSU's Test and Measurement Group.
133:
89:
357:
308:
431:
97:
in 1991. Since then, they have continued to produce low-cost digital instrumentation.
474:
286:
113:
purchased
Wavetek, and changed its name to Wavetek, Wandel & Goltermann (WWG).
129:
In
February 2000, WWG merged with hand-held test equipment developer TTC.
26:
423:
378:"JDS Uniphase jumps into triple-play testing with Acterna acquisition"
166:
California
Secretary of State records for Wavetek, entity C0446337
145:
430:
This United States manufacturing company–related article is a
73:
84:
was an electronic test equipment manufacturer that made
435:
69:
61:
51:
43:
33:
144:On August 3, 2005, optical communications company
455:
116:In January 2000, test equipment manufacturer
8:
19:
491:Manufacturing companies based in San Diego
481:Electronics companies of the United States
462:
448:
25:
18:
496:United States manufacturing company stubs
281:
279:
486:Electronic test equipment manufacturers
230:"Wavetek becomes even less 'defensive'"
206:Design classics: the function generator
162:
160:
156:
333:"Ideal to buy LAN division of Wavetek"
287:"Fluke acquires Wavetek product lines"
247:
245:
16:Electronic test equipment manufacturer
309:"Wandel Goltermann to merge with TTC"
7:
420:
418:
218:. History of the function generator.
14:
380:. lightwaveonline.com. 2005-05-24
203:Rostky, George (March 13, 2001),
422:
56:Wavetek, Wandel & Goltermann
265:from the original on 2012-11-02
1:
307:Wirbel, Loring (2000-02-15).
253:"Wavetek's Sale is Agreed to"
228:Rose, Craig D. (1994-10-12).
178:"Wavetek on Crest of Success"
434:. You can help Knowledge by
401:Archived website of Wavetek
235:The San Diego Union-Tribune
183:The San Diego Union-Tribune
512:
417:
289:. eetimes.com. 2000-01-06
176:Riggs, Rod (1993-12-22).
24:
111:Wandel & Goltermann
38:Test & Measurement
65:San Diego, California
410:LanTEK IV certifier
337:cablinginstall.com/
86:function generators
21:
95:Torrey Investments
443:
442:
258:Los Angeles Times
118:Fluke Corporation
90:signal generators
79:
78:
503:
464:
457:
450:
426:
419:
405:Internet Archive
389:
388:
386:
385:
374:
368:
367:
365:
364:
354:
348:
347:
345:
344:
329:
323:
322:
320:
319:
304:
298:
297:
295:
294:
283:
274:
273:
271:
270:
249:
240:
239:
225:
219:
217:
216:
214:
200:
194:
193:
191:
190:
173:
167:
164:
134:IDEAL Industries
29:
22:
511:
510:
506:
505:
504:
502:
501:
500:
471:
470:
469:
468:
415:
397:
392:
383:
381:
376:
375:
371:
362:
360:
356:
355:
351:
342:
340:
331:
330:
326:
317:
315:
306:
305:
301:
292:
290:
285:
284:
277:
268:
266:
251:
250:
243:
227:
226:
222:
212:
210:
202:
201:
197:
188:
186:
175:
174:
170:
165:
158:
154:
142:
127:
103:
74:www.wavetek.com
17:
12:
11:
5:
509:
507:
499:
498:
493:
488:
483:
473:
472:
467:
466:
459:
452:
444:
441:
440:
427:
413:
412:
407:
396:
395:External links
393:
391:
390:
369:
349:
324:
299:
275:
261:. 1991-02-26.
241:
220:
195:
168:
155:
153:
150:
141:
138:
126:
123:
102:
99:
77:
76:
71:
67:
66:
63:
59:
58:
53:
49:
48:
45:
41:
40:
35:
31:
30:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
508:
497:
494:
492:
489:
487:
484:
482:
479:
478:
476:
465:
460:
458:
453:
451:
446:
445:
439:
437:
433:
428:
425:
421:
416:
411:
408:
406:
402:
399:
398:
394:
379:
373:
370:
359:
358:"Our History"
353:
350:
338:
334:
328:
325:
314:
310:
303:
300:
288:
282:
280:
276:
264:
260:
259:
254:
248:
246:
242:
237:
236:
231:
224:
221:
208:
207:
199:
196:
185:
184:
179:
172:
169:
163:
161:
157:
151:
149:
147:
139:
137:
135:
130:
124:
122:
119:
114:
112:
107:
100:
98:
96:
91:
87:
83:
75:
72:
68:
64:
60:
57:
54:
50:
46:
42:
39:
36:
32:
28:
23:
436:expanding it
429:
414:
382:. Retrieved
372:
361:. Retrieved
352:
341:. Retrieved
339:. 2001-04-09
336:
327:
316:. Retrieved
312:
302:
291:. Retrieved
267:. Retrieved
256:
233:
223:
211:, retrieved
205:
198:
187:. Retrieved
181:
171:
143:
131:
128:
115:
108:
104:
81:
80:
62:Headquarters
140:Acquisition
475:Categories
384:2016-11-09
363:2024-05-08
343:2024-05-08
318:2024-05-08
293:2016-11-09
269:2010-10-03
209:, EE Times
189:2010-10-03
152:References
213:March 31,
109:In 1998,
106:Kingdom.
52:Successor
263:Archived
34:Industry
403:at the
313:edn.com
125:Merging
101:History
82:Wavetek
70:Website
44:Founded
20:Wavetek
432:stub
215:2012
146:JDSU
47:1963
477::
335:.
311:.
278:^
255:.
244:^
232:.
180:.
159:^
136:.
88:,
463:e
456:t
449:v
438:.
387:.
366:.
346:.
321:.
296:.
272:.
238:.
192:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.