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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