• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hewlett-Packard, (HP); Palo Alto, CA

• Year
• 1970–1993

• Category
• Service- or Lab Equipment

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 121507

• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 115 ; 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - - No sound reproduction output.

• Material
• Various materials

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Q-Meter 4342A - Hewlett-Packard, HP; Palo Alto

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 425 x 138 x 414 mm / 16.7 x 5.4 x 16.3 inch

• Notes
• The Q-Meter HP 4342A: Since the mid-1930's, the Boonton Q Meter has been an easy and common means of measuring Q. To make Q measurements even less complicated and make them over a wider range, the HP Model 4342A was designed by the Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard R&D teams.
  
  The HP Model 4342A is all solid state and covers a Q range of 5 to 1000 in a frequency band from 22 kHz to 70 MHz. Pushbutton controls and automatic leveling eliminate many dial adjustments and reduce measurement time. The fragile thermocouple element which was subject to accidental burnout in the Model 260A has been eliminated. In HP catalogs the Q-Meter HP 4342A can be found up to 1993. In 1970, the HP 4342A introduction price was $1500,00 USD.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 14 kg / 30 lb 13.4 oz (30.837 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,500.00 $

• Source of data
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Rudolf Osterkamp. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 393 models, 361 with images and 138 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hewlett-Packard, (HP); Palo Alto, CA