Grote Reber Grote Reber (born 1911) was a radio engineer who became interested in radio astronomy as a hobby. He built the first radio telescope in the backyard of his home and, for a decade, he was the only radio astronomer in the United States. Reber recorded radi... more
Grote Reber Grote Reber was enthralled by radio. He built his own radio set and was a "ham" operator by the age of fifteen. When Karl Jansky (1905-1950) announced his discovery of radio noise from outer space in 1933, Reber became excited enough to further the work... more
