Jiří Vackář
Dr.-Ing. Jiří František Vackář (born January 24, 1919 in Prague ; † March 27, 2004 there ) was a Czech electrical engineer.
After graduating in 1938, he studied at the electrical engineering faculty until the university closed in November 1938. He then worked as a mechanic and as a technician in telephone production.
In 1942 he started working as an engineer at the sales company Radioslavia, which was founded in 1922 . In 1943/44 he spent a few months assembling the four 100 kW shortwave transmitters in Ismaning . Back in Prague he worked on improving transmitters and received several patents. In the first years after the war, he considered the mistakes of communism to be teething troubles. In 1953 he worked on the TV station Petřín . In 1966 he graduated from university with distance learning. The invention of the world-famous Vackář oscillator in 1949 saved him from captivity.
Web links
- Jiří Vackář: LC Oscillators and their Frequency Stability. (PDF) In: Tesla Technical Reports. Tesla National Corporation, December 1949, accessed July 22, 2016 .
- Literature and other media by and about Jiří Vackář in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
Individual evidence
- ↑ doc. Ing. Jiří Vackář. Czech Christian Academy, accessed July 22, 2016 (Czech).
- ↑ Radioslavia akc. spol., Praha, Národní tr. 25
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vackář, Jiří |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vackář, Jiří František (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2004 |
| Place of death | Prague |