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“In my estimation it was obvious that Jansky had made a fundamental and very important discovery. Furthermore, he had exploited it to the limit of his equipment facilities. If greater progress were to be made it would be necessary to construct new and different equipment especially designed to measure the cosmic static.”

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Grote Reber
Grote Reber

Grote Reber was an accomplished amateur astronomer, born on December 22, 1911, and passed away on December 20, 2002. His significant contributions to radio astronomy, particularly the design and construction of the world's first large directional antenna, had a profound impact on the development of modern astronomy. more

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