[Doc Ewen looks into the horn antenna, 1950]
Image courtesy of Doc Ewen

Introduction

Harvard Cyclotron: 1948-1951


Detection of HI Line: 1951

Harvard 24ft and 60ft and NRAO founding: 1952-1956

1950s and 1960s: Two Roads that Crossed

Microwave & Millimeter Wave Applications in the 1970s and 1980s

Mm Wave Radiometry in the 1990s

May 2001 visit to NRAO Green Bank

Bibliography

Permissions


[Doc Ewen and horn antenna, 2001]
Image courtesy of Doc Ewen

Doc Ewen: The Horn, HI, and Other Events in US Radio Astronomy

by Doc Ewen, © 2003


Slide 21: Detecting the Interstellar Hydrogen Line, 1951

[Receiver]

A general view of the receiver, taken from the door into the room. The throat of the horn (not shown) enters from the left through the window. [Photo courtesy of Doc Ewen]

Slide 22
Modified on Monday, 06-Sep-2004 14:25:25 EDT by Ellen Bouton