Rudolf hell biography

Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h.

Rudolf Hell

Born: 19 December 1901, Eggmühl (Bavaria)

Died: 11 March 2002, Kiel

"I`ve never done anything just to earn money.

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For me, the important things are progress and practical applications."

Hell's scanning tube provided the basis for television recording and, for the first time, text and images were transmitted electronically over long distances by his Hell recorder.

Radio direction finding and photo telegraphy

From 1919, Hell studied electrical engineering at Munich Technical University.

From 1923 to 1929 he was assistant to Prof. Dieckmann, with whom he applied for a patent for a "photoelectric scanning tube for television" on which today's television recording technology is based.
In 1927, Hell wrote his doctoral thesis on an investigation in the field of radio direction finding in aeronautics, which was far ahead of its time.

This was in principle a means of navigation in zero visibility conditions (blind flight).
In the year 1977 Rudolf Hell - Gutenberg-Gesellschaft WIV