Frank M. Kratokvil, 95, long-time FCC engineer who retired in 196...
Frank M. Kratokvil, 95, long-time FCC engineer who retired in 1965, died of complications from diabetes March 15 at Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham, Md. Electrical engineering graduate of Ill. Institute of Technology in 1929, he joined then Federal Radio…
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Commission. During World War II, he headed team of engineers that helped decipher German and Japanese coded radio transmissions. He worked in various capacities, including chief, in what was then FCC Field Engineering Bureau when it was in charge of 2 dozen monitoring stations in U.S. Kratokvil was avid amateur radio operator for 75 years and official of Amateur Radio Relay League. Wife, 2 children survive.