Conar Instruments is a Company located in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

. It is an expansion of the National Radio Institute

National Radio Institute

The National Radio Institute-McGraw Hill Continuing Education Center was a private post-secondary correspondence school based in Washington, D.C..- History :...

's (NRI) student supply division. The purpose of this division was primarily to supply test equipment to NRI students and graduates. The name 'Conar' is derived from the first letters of 'COmpany, NAtional Radio.' Conar was able to enter the market with a complete series of radio-TV test-equipment kits of proven design developed by NRI's technical staff.