E.J.Sterba was a famous radio engineer and inventor. He invented the Sterba Curtain Array Antenna, which was used to send telephone calls across the Atlantic Ocean. His US Patent 1,885,151 for a "Directive Antenna System" was issued on November 1, 1932.
Obituary:
E. J. Sterba Dies
Ernest Joseph Sterba died suddenly of heart trouble on April 24, 1939. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 29, 1896, and received the B.E. degree from the State University of Iowa in 1920.
Mr. Sterba was with the Western Elec- tric Company from 1921 to 1929 when he became a member of the technical staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. For the past fifteen years his work centered at the radio transmitting laboratories of the Bell System at Deal, New Jersey. He was best known for his work on antennas and transmission lines.
In 1920 Mr. Sterba joined the Institute of Radio Engineers as an Associate and was transferred to Member grade in 1938.
Source: Institute News and Radio Notes, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, 1939, Page 417.
Obituary:
E. J. Sterba Dies
Ernest Joseph Sterba died suddenly of heart trouble on April 24, 1939. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 29, 1896, and received the B.E. degree from the State University of Iowa in 1920.
Mr. Sterba was with the Western Elec- tric Company from 1921 to 1929 when he became a member of the technical staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. For the past fifteen years his work centered at the radio transmitting laboratories of the Bell System at Deal, New Jersey. He was best known for his work on antennas and transmission lines.
In 1920 Mr. Sterba joined the Institute of Radio Engineers as an Associate and was transferred to Member grade in 1938.
Source: Institute News and Radio Notes, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, 1939, Page 417.
E.J.Sterba was a famous radio engineer and inventor. He invented the Sterba Curtain Array Antenna, which was used to send telephone calls across the Atlantic Ocean. His US Patent 1,885,151 for a "Directive Antenna System" was issued on November 1, 1932.
Obituary:
E. J. Sterba Dies
Ernest Joseph Sterba died suddenly of heart trouble on April 24, 1939. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 29, 1896, and received the B.E. degree from the State University of Iowa in 1920.
Mr. Sterba was with the Western Elec- tric Company from 1921 to 1929 when he became a member of the technical staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. For the past fifteen years his work centered at the radio transmitting laboratories of the Bell System at Deal, New Jersey. He was best known for his work on antennas and transmission lines.
In 1920 Mr. Sterba joined the Institute of Radio Engineers as an Associate and was transferred to Member grade in 1938.
Source: Institute News and Radio Notes, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, 1939, Page 417.
Obituary:
E. J. Sterba Dies
Ernest Joseph Sterba died suddenly of heart trouble on April 24, 1939. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on June 29, 1896, and received the B.E. degree from the State University of Iowa in 1920.
Mr. Sterba was with the Western Elec- tric Company from 1921 to 1929 when he became a member of the technical staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. For the past fifteen years his work centered at the radio transmitting laboratories of the Bell System at Deal, New Jersey. He was best known for his work on antennas and transmission lines.
In 1920 Mr. Sterba joined the Institute of Radio Engineers as an Associate and was transferred to Member grade in 1938.
Source: Institute News and Radio Notes, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, 1939, Page 417.
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