Hello All Karl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a license amateur if so what was his call sign? Tnx nick de k5qxj
Karl Jansky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Guthe_Jansky wasn't known to have an amateur radio license (as far as my googling can tell) but he was closely connected to Grote Reber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Reber, who advanced Janksy's work into the modern era through his expertise gained from amateur radio experimentation. Reber's callsign was W9GFZ now held by the NRAO Amateur radio club (source https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2002/reber/).
-Sterling N0SSC (former VLA RF Engineering intern - https://n0ssc.blogspot.com/)
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Hello All Karl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a license amateur if so what was his call sign? Tnx nick de k5qxj
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Karl Janski was an electrical engineer employed by Bell Telephone. In the 1930's he was given the task to help find a means for trans continental communications . While researching the 20 mhz spectrum he can across a strange hiss that showed up several minutes earlier each day. He suspected that it came from the Milky Way Galaxy. He did not pursue looking into the phenomenon as his employer had other work for him to do.
It was Grote Reber, W9GFZ, who really started researching radio sources in the sky.
Both Janski's and Reber's radio telescopes are on display at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, WV, the home of the world's largest steerable radio telescope. If you ever get near the area, a stop at the facility with its many telescopes and excellent visitor's center is a MUST.
The observatory's radio club has been granted Reber's call, W9GVZ, They use it to commemorate radio astronomy in special events. I spent several summers as a physics teacher studying radio astronomy at Green Bank and was able to help operate W9GVZ during a special event at the dedication of the Robert Byrd Telescope in August, 2000. I have to tell you that Green Bank is quite a place. I get back there as often as I can!
Jim Jipping, W8MRR, AMSAT 5512
On 4/28/2019 5:48 AM, Nick Pugh via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Hello All Karl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a license amateur if so what was his call sign? Tnx nick de k5qxj
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Thanks Jim I am a member of SARA have visited the GBT it is truly an impressive place. nick
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-----Original Message----- From: Jim JIpping [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 10:01 AM To: Nick Pugh [email protected]; a[email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Karl Janskey call sign
Karl Janski was an electrical engineer employed by Bell Telephone. In the 1930's he was given the task to help find a means for trans continental communications . While researching the 20 mhz spectrum he can across a strange hiss that showed up several minutes earlier each day. He suspected that it came from the Milky Way Galaxy. He did not pursue looking into the phenomenon as his employer had other work for him to do.
It was Grote Reber, W9GFZ, who really started researching radio sources in the sky.
Both Janski's and Reber's radio telescopes are on display at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, WV, the home of the world's largest steerable radio telescope. If you ever get near the area, a stop at the facility with its many telescopes and excellent visitor's center is a MUST.
The observatory's radio club has been granted Reber's call, W9GVZ, They use it to commemorate radio astronomy in special events. I spent several summers as a physics teacher studying radio astronomy at Green Bank and was able to help operate W9GVZ during a special event at the dedication of the Robert Byrd Telescope in August, 2000. I have to tell you that Green Bank is quite a place. I get back there as often as I can!
Jim Jipping, W8MRR, AMSAT 5512
On 4/28/2019 5:48 AM, Nick Pugh via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Hello All Karl Jaskey is the father of radio astronomy . Was Karl Janskey a license amateur if so what was his call sign? Tnx nick de k5qxj
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