IEEE has a short professional biography of Dr. John D. Kraus W8JK
at: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/hi...ies/kraus.html

Here is a copy of a newspaper article from 10 years ago that
describes some of Dr. Kraus' accomplishments specific to radio
astronomy and SETI, especially at the Big Ear Radio Observatory.
http://www.bigear.org/kraus.htm

I recommend that *all* Amateurs that they read Dr. Kraus' book
'Big Ear' (now available as 'Big Ear Two'). It's largely an
autobiography, but not of the boring "I did this, then I did that" type.
It's an interesting tour through radio and technology in the
period paralleling Dr. Kraus' life in the 20th Century, from his
viewpoint in story-telling style. Here's a short review and some
information about the 'Big Ear Two' book:
http://patriot.net/~jlazio/essays/review4.html
http://www.cqbooks.com/bigear2.htm

I also liked his book 'Our Cosmic Universe', which is a non-technical
description of astronomy (of all types) in the 20th Century.
http://www.cqbooks.com/universe.htm

73,
Jeff K8ND


"Bob Dixon" wrote in message
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John Kraus W8JK has passed away at age 94. He is the inventor of the
corner reflector, helix and W8JK antennas.

Bob W8ERD