[CQ-Contest] [TowerTalk] Marconi was Irish

[Barry Merrill]

Thank you so much!

Shortly after we were married, she headed off to Wednesday night yoga classes,
and six weeks later come home as KA5PQD, a true 5 WPM Passing Novice; every ham
in Dallas knew she was in class, except for me.  Our first Valentines Day,
we put together Serial Number one TH7-DX.  Recently we were helping putting up the
antennas for Lighthouse day at Loop Head, and she was helping 3 old timers
VHF-only  types put together a small HF beam, and I saw her going over the
instructions with them.  Later, each of those old guys came over and whispered
“She really IS a ham”.

73

Barry EI/W5GN

From: Barry Jacobson <bdj at alum.mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2023 3:48 PM
To: Barry Merrill <w5gn at mxg.com>
Cc: Doug Turnbull <turnbull at net1.ie>; leeson at earthlink.net; CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>; Towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [TowerTalk] Marconi was Irish

Sorry to hear about your wife. That is tough. Wishing her a full and speedy recovery.

Barry WA2VIU
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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj at alum.mit.edu<mailto:bdj at alum.mit.edu>
@bdj_phd

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023, 4:34 PM Barry Merrill <w5gn at mxg.com<mailto:w5gn at 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.



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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 at earthlink.net<mailto:leeson at 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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