[SFDXA] Princess Elettra Marconi Praises WRTC 2014

[Bill]

 From Tony N2MFT:


  Princess Elettra Marconi Praises WRTC 2014

June 20, 2014

Princess Elettra Marconi visited the historic Marconi wireless site at 
Cape Cod National Seashore today and used the club station KM1CC to have 
a contact with WRTC2014 Chairman Doug Grant, K1DG. The Princess is the 
daughter of the man that literally invented radio - Guglielmo Marconi.

The contact occurred on on 40 M 7.150 SSB at 2:30pm EDST. Princess 
Marconi spoke about how her father would be proud that radio amateurs 
are still advancing his work in wireless communication. She went on to 
praise the WRTC2014 event and its ability to promote international 
goodwill and operating skill.

“What an honor and thrilling QSO,” said Grant after the contact was 
complete. “It was exciting to bridge history from the very beginning of 
amateur radio to the many aspects of Amateur Radio that we enjoy today. 
Even more so with her acknowledgement of how WRTC2014 is helping to 
carry on the Marconi legacy.”

Assisting with the contact was Barbara Dougan, N1NS, the trustee of the 
Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club station KM1CC.

A visit to the Marconi Wireless Station Site and Chatham Marconi 
Maritime Museum is one of the tours 
<http://www.wrtc2014.org/tours-and-activities/> that is available for 
WRTC2014 participants and visitors.

In 1899 Guglielmo Marconi validated his theory that Wireless signals 
could extend across the Atlantic and offer competition to the Cable 
monopoly on communication. Marconi was attracted to Cape Cod for its 
proximity to Europe and in 1903 astounded the world by completing two 
way communications between his 35,000 watt station in Wellfleet and 
Poldu England.

Princess Elettra Marconi, daughter of the inventor of radio, visits the 
Marconi site and has a QSO with WRTC2014 Chairman Doug Grant, K1DG. 
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Princess Elettra Marconi, daughter of the inventor of radio, visits the 
Marconi site and has a QSO with WRTC2014 Chairman Doug Grant, K1DG.


      source: http://www.wrtc2014.org/

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