Walter Hahnemann
Walter Max Hahnemann (born May 6, 1879 in Annaberg-Buchholz ; died March 23, 1944 in Lochau ) was a German high-frequency technician .
Life
Walter Hahnemann studied at the Technical University of Munich from 1899 to 1902 and worked as an engineer at AEG until 1905 and then at Telefunken for a year . He became department head for radio telegraphy at C. Lorenz and served in the Imperial Navy from 1909 to 1912 . From 1912 to 1925 Hahnemann was managing director of Signal-Gesellschaft and was then, also during the time of National Socialism , general director at C. Lorenz AG until his death.
Hahnemann promoted the development of the arc transmitter according to Valdemar Poulsen . He introduced the attenuation measurement in radio technology and made experiments with Hans Harbich from the Reichspost to attenuate near fading , which led to the development of the fading-reducing antenna . He was committed to the expansion of the German radio network and wire radio . His work in the field of underwater sound engineering and high-frequency flight navigation was militarily significant .
Fonts
- with Hans August Steudel (Ed.): 50 Years Lorenz 1880-1930. Commemorative publication by C. Lorenz Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin-Tempelhof. Förster & Borries, Zwickau 1931.
literature
- Curt Rint (ed.): Handbook for high frequency and electrical technicians. V. Band. Specialized dictionary . Berlin: Verlag für Radion-Foto-Kinotechnik, 1967, p. 799
- Hahnemann, Walter in the German biography
- Oskar Blumtritt: On the History of an Experimental Set for Wireless Telephony from 1906. In: The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology . 2010, pp. 248-267, doi: 10.1179 / 175812110X12714133353876
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Hahnemann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahnemann, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hahnemann, Walter Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German high frequency technician and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Annaberg-Buchholz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1944 |
| Place of death | Lochau |