Following radio research at Harvard Labs during World War II, Robert Hammett started his own engineering consulting firm in San Francisco in 1952, partnering with Edward Edison a few years later. Hammett & Edison began with a focus on broadcast station coverage, measuring and improving signal coverage, while developing several fields of specific expertise, including frequency allocation, transmitting site selection, and optimized antenna design. They pioneered techniques still in use across the broadcast and wireless communications industries.
Robert Hammett died in 2002 at age 82.