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Originally Posted by Miaplacidus
Grote Reber was the father of radio astronomy, being the first person to build a "big dish" antenna for the purpose of mapping the sky at radio frequencies.......
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I'd put Jansky up at the "father of radio astronomy". Reber...an interesting character for sure... built on Jansky's work.... it would be long bow to suggest Reber was the first to conduct radio-frequency observations.