Hi Tony, Yes I remember them! They had some similar products to what Helper Instruments built and Automated Industrial electronics (AIE) run by Tony Crady in North Carolina. AIE later bought out the remains of the Measurements Corp.
As I remember GAW did private label some products for Motorola for awhile and may have had their name on them in the Motorola catalog for awhile. 73 Gary K4FMX > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:Repeater- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Faiola > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 5:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] GAW/Motorola Test equipment > > From what I remember, Norman Gaw was an ex engineer of the > Measurement Corp, Boonton, NJ or one of the other Boonton companies. > I still might have some product info in my library (hello Gary Shafer > remember them?). Do you need more light? > > Ciao, Tony, K3WX > > On Mar 23, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Dawn wrote: > > > Does anyone know what the background of GAW was? There wasn't a > > shop that I worked in that didn't have one of the Sinad/Distortion > > analyzers or the two tone generator that also was sold under the > > Motorola name. IIRC, there was also a small power supply with a > > hair trigger current trip/disconnect for pagers and handhelds that > > also was rebadged as a Motorola TEK product. I've heard two > > stories. One was the Galvin family owned the product line and > > another was that it was a private venture by an employee and > > distributed through the Moto network. > > > > Can anyone shed any light on this and what other products they > > made? I don't believe that I've ever seen any of these units sold > > on E-bay or through private sales although they were pretty > > ubiquitous. From what I remember, the construction quality was > > similar to kit grade rather then a professionally assembled product. > > > > dwt > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
