Person

Jenvey, William Walter (1904 - 1981)

Born
18 July 1904
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Died
11 August 1981
Cooroy Hospital, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Electrical engineer

Summary

William Jenvey worked for AWA Laboratories in the 1940s, later becoming Chief Engineer of Overseas Telecommunications Commission.

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Chronology

1946 -
Career position - Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)

Colleague

  • Christiansen, Wilbur Norman (Chris) (1913 - 2007)

    To provide improved overseas communications, William Jenvey and Dr. Wilbur Christiansen at AWA Laboratories, pioneered the design of advanced antenna systems, using rhombics in a circular pattern. These state-of-the-art antennae, characterised by high directive and gain and moderate band-width, provided maximum flexibility in geographic and frequency coverage, and represented a considerable overall improvement over the Franklin antennas then in use.

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Rosanne Walker

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