====== Watkins - Johnson Commercial Receivers ======
The Watkins-Johnson Company was founded in 1957 in Palo Alto, CA; renamed to Watkins-Johnson Company Telecommunications Group in Gaithersburg, MA, it manufactured communications equipment primarily for military and intelligence agencies after 1966, and at last employed 450 people.

Probably after 1998, Watkins-Johnson was acquired by Marconi and then by BAE SYSTEMS North America (British Aerospace). The Gaithersburg facility was acquired by Integrated Defense Technologies IDT in 2002 for US$146 million, which was later was acquired by DRS Technologies Inc. in November 2003 (DRS Electronic Systems, Inc., 200 Professional Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20879).

With the HF-1000, Watkins-Johnson produced a single DSP receiver after 1993, targeting radio amateurs and shortwave enthousiasts.

===== Commercial receivers from Watkins Johnson =====
{{tablelayout?colwidth="85px,-,110px,-,-,150px"}}
|[[RS-160]]|1970|[[Single Conversion]]|30 - 1000 MHz|AM, FM, Pulse|[[RS-160|{{:images-small:watkins_johnson_rs160.jpg?direct&150|}}]]|
|[[WJ-8888]] / "Quad8"|1972|[[Triple Conversion]]|0.5 - 30 MHz|AM, CW, USB, LSB, ISB, FM|[[WJ-8888|{{:images-small:watkins-johnson-wj8888.jpg?200|}}]]|
|[[WJ-8888B]]|1976|[[Triple Conversion]]|0.5 - 30 MHz|identical technical specifications, 4 tuning speeds|[[WJ-8888B|{{:images-small:watkins-johnson-wj8888b.jpg?200|}}]]|
|[[WJ-8718]]|1976|[[Double Conversion]]|5 - 30000 kHz|AM, CW, FM|[[WJ-8718|{{:images-small:watkins-johnson-wj8718.jpg?200|}}]]|
|[[WJ-8718A]]|1982|[[Double Conversion]]|5 - 30000 kHz|AM, CW, FM|[[WJ-8718A|{{:images-small:watkins-johnson-wj8718a.jpg?200|}}]]|
|[[WJ-8718A/MFP]]|1986|[[Double Conversion]]|5 - 30000 kHz|identical technical specifications, microprocessor controlled||
|[[WJ-8711]] / WJ-8711A|1990|[[Double Conversion]]|5 - 30000 kHz|AM, CW, LSB, USB, ISB, FM; DSP IF, AGCx2, RS 232 - Port||
|[[HF-1000]]|1993|[[Double Conversion]]|5 - 30000 kHz|AM, CW, LSB, USB, ISB, FM; DSP IF, AGCx2, RS 232 - port; semi-professional successor model.|{{:images-small:watkins-johnson-hf-1000.jpg?200|}}|