Interview with James H. Trexler

Description

James H. Trexler, 1918-2005. Interviewed 18 March 1975 at the Naval Research Laboratory, length of interview: 40 minutes.

Creator

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III

Rights

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Type

Oral History

Interviewer

Sullivan, Woodruff T., III

Interviewee

Trexler, James H.

Original Format of Digital Item

Audio cassette tape

Duration

40 minutes

Interview Topics

Early radar meteor-trail work in late 1940s, 1950s NRL experiement on "the moon circuit" - using moon radar as a communication link, 200-ft hole in the ground paraboliod at Stump Neck, other aspects of Naval communication research, what went wrong with the 600 ft Sugar Grove dish.

Start Date

1975-03-18

Series

Working Files Series

Unit

Individuals Unit

Citation

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III, “Interview with James H. Trexler,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/15248.