Rudolf Urtel

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Rudolf Urtel (born January 31, 1906 , † March 6, 1954 ) was a German television pioneer.

Life

After the early death of his father, he broke off his law studies and from 1928 worked in the Telefunken tube sales department. In 1934 he came to Prof. Fritz Schröter's laboratory , where, together with Robert Andrieu , he worked on the basics of deflection technology in picture tubes. He rose to the position of deputy laboratory manager and found numerous solutions to problems such as afterglow compensation in light point scanners and residual sideband transmission.

During the Second World War he developed the Mannheim precision radio measuring device and was an instructor for the Air Force.

After the war he studied mathematics in Erlangen .

In 1947 he took over the technical management of the Society for Electrotechnical Systems (GETA) founded by the Reichspost Research Center .

From November 1948 he was development manager at C. Lorenz AG in the Pforzheim plant for television technology, receivers, transmitters and television radio transmission.

The Technical University of Stuttgart gave him a teaching position for television and pulse technology and found a special arrangement to allow him to do his doctorate in 1952 as an engineer without a university degree.

In 1952 he was a founding member of the Fernsehtechnische Gesellschaft (FTG, incorporated into the FKTG ) and was a member of the first board of directors.

Rudolf Urtel Prize

In memory of the achievements of the television engineer and pioneer, the television and cinematic society e. V. (FKTG) has been awarded the Rudolf Urtel Prize since 1956. Prize winners can be young engineers whose excellent performance in the fields of television, film and electronic media is to be promoted. In doing so, “the work in question must contain a remarkable scientific or technical achievement or a particularly original idea”. So far (as of 2019) the prize has been awarded 44 times; The first prize winner in 1956 was Helmut Schönfelder .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rudolf Urtel Prize. In: Honors and Prizes. Updated December 3, 1996. From FKTG.org, accessed December 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Urtel, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German television pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1906
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1954