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* [[Hickok 1805A]] (military clone of [[545A]]) | * [[Hickok 1805A]] (military clone of [[545A]]) | ||
* [[Hickok 1822]] | * [[Hickok 1822]] | ||
* [[Hickok 1823]] - clone of [[C|Tektronix 53/54C]] plug-in | * [[Hickok 1823]] - clone of [[C | Tektronix 53/54C]] plug-in | ||
* [[Hickok 1836]] | * [[Hickok 1836]] | ||
* [[AN/USM89B]] - clone of [[310A | Tektronix 310A]] | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* [http://www.vintagetek.org/2011/03/tektronix-court-of-claims-case-est-finis/#more-493 Tektronix’ Court of Claims case ‘est finis’] | * [http://www.vintagetek.org/2011/03/tektronix-court-of-claims-case-est-finis/#more-493 Tektronix’ Court of Claims case ‘est finis’] | ||
* [https://richardsears.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/hickok-1805a/ Hickok 1805A @ Richard Sears] | * [https://richardsears.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/hickok-1805a/ Hickok 1805A @ Richard Sears] | ||
* [https://groups.io/g/TekScopes/topic/949988 Thread on Tek clones | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 2 April 2017
Hickok Electrical Instrument Co. is an electronics company founded in 1910 by Robert D. Hickok Sr. in Cleveland, OH. They are still in business but nowadays are mainly active in the automotive test equipment area.
From 1959 until the late 1960s, Hickok and other companies (Lavoie Laboratories, Jetronic Industries) produced unauthorized copies of Tektronix equipment under military contracts.
Tektronix sued the US government and Hickok in February 1961. The action was not settled (in their favour) until May 1970, the final award not being settled until early 1979 at just over $4 million.
Products
- Hickok 1805A (military clone of 545A)
- Hickok 1822
- Hickok 1823 - clone of Tektronix 53/54C plug-in
- Hickok 1836
- AN/USM89B - clone of Tektronix 310A
Links
- Hickok company profile
- Hickok Elect. Instrument Co. @ radiomuseum.org
- 445 F.2d 323 - TEKTRONIX, INC. v. The UNITED STATES, The HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO., et al. (1971)
- UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS. NO. 79-61. 03-23-1977 TEKTRONIX, INC. V. THE UNITED STATES ET AL.
- Tektronix’ Court of Claims case ‘est finis’
- Hickok 1805A @ Richard Sears
- [https://groups.io/g/TekScopes/topic/949988 Thread on Tek clones