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Re: [TowerTalk] Marconi was Irish

To: Barry Merrill <w5gn@mxg.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Marconi was Irish
From: Trond Thorman <trond@radius.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:48:14 +0000
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I’ll drink to that !!!!

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> On 17 Mar 2023, at 20:19, Barry Merrill <w5gn@mxg.com> wrote:
> 
> Marconi's wife gave his Key to the President of the IRTS in the 30s,
> and it was turned into a rotating trophy for CW winner of the 12 hour
> IOTA contest, and I'm proud to have my call on it twice and kept it
> in our County Clare cottage for those two years.
> 
> Barry, EI/W5GN
> 
> Unlikely we'll get back to Ireland, my bride of 41 years has just
> been diagnosed with ALS.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Doug Turnbull
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2023 3:02 PM
> To: leeson@earthlink.net
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com; Towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Marconi was Irish
> 
> Good man for knowing this.    Maroons an Irish-Italian.    All of you have
> a grand day and enjoy life.
> 
> 73 Doug EI2CN
> 
>> On Fri 17 Mar 2023, 17:42 Leeson, <leeson@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On this Saint Patrick's Day, let those of us so inclined raise a glass 
>> of Jameson's to Guglielmo Marconi: We hunt for our own pot o' gold at 
>> the end of an ionospheric rainbow, enjoying radio that owes so much to 
>> Marconi, whose Irish mother, Annie Jameson, supported his efforts with 
>> her share of the Jameson whiskey monies.
>> 
>> Dave, W6NL/HC8L
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