Interview With Art Fong

Art Fong is considered the Father of Microwave at HP. He was hired in 1946 by Bill Hewlett and worked for 50 years! Famous for the 8551 spectrum analyzer design and it’s “backward wave oscillator” with wide sweep coverage. Here is a local newscast interview with him. Always a stickler for accuracy, he notes a few misquotes in his interview, and has supplied this brief update to correct the record!