[Milsurplus] Black paint/white paint

[J. Forster]

A friend set up and ran the line for those clones. It was strictly the
lowest bidder got the job. They were exact copies.

-John

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> I remember those clones.  They made their way to the US Air Force as
> well.  I was already familiar with  the Tektronix models they copied,
> and figured it was just being sure there were two or more suppliers. I
> still think the Tektronix had an edge in quality and performance.
>
>    Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>
> Ralph Cameron wrote:
>> Paint reminds me of the U.S. Navy contract to buy Tek scopes painted
>> white- Tek refused to deviate from their standard blue  so the gov't
>> awarded contracts to Hiicock and Lavoie. Both contractors copied the Tek
>> scopes including some spare holes that found their way into the chassis.
>> Tek sued and many years later the gov't paid $7million compensation for
>> patent infringement. Past history now and I am sure there3 have been
>> many similar procurement blips.
>>
>> Ralph
>> VE3BBM
>>
>>
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