Jansky, Karl Guthe (1905-50)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3740. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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American radio engineer, founder of radioastronomy, employed by Bell Telephone Laboratories to reduce noise (`static') in shortwave transatlantic radiotelephony. Using a crudely directional, rotating shortwave receiver array operating at 20.5 MHz and 45 kHz, and nicknamed the Merry-Go-Round, he noticed a continuous interference which changed its strength over the course of the day. At first, he b...

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