Marconi Net

Introducing a NEW MONTHLY NET: Marconi Net
A cooperation between GOTAhams and the Isle of Wight Radio Society, UK
We will celebrate the fellowship between UK and US hams with the MARCONI NET that will join the WG6OTA repeater in Southern California with the GB3IW repeater on the Isle of Wight. Guglielmo Marconi experienced some of his early radio successes from the Isle of Wight including the first recorded contact with a ship at sea. Later, of course, he was successful in connecting the U.K. and U.S. by radio.

The MARCONI NET will link the WG6OTA repeater on Sunset Ridge north of Claremont, California with the GB3IW repeater near Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The net start time is specified in UTC time to avoid any confusion as U.S. Daylight Savings Time and British Summer Time change on different weekends. The net starts at 19:00 UTC (which is 12 noon in California during the summer). No special radio programming is required, just access the WG6OTA repeater as usual and it will be linked to GB3IW. We do ask that participants pay special attention to avoiding time outs. Keep transmissions to less than 2 minutes and allow time for a FULL carrier drop (by the repeater) between transmissions. The KS7MC repeater (Spirit Mountain Amateur Radio Club) in Fort Mohave Arizona may also be linked during these nets. These are open repeaters, and we welcome guests. As usual, we encourage all participants to completely ignore (do not acknowledge in any way) any intentional interference during this or any other net.

For information about the clubs, please check out their respective web sites at:
https://gotahams.com
https://iowrs.org

For information about the net, contact: Bill Appleton, KF4MCG at kf4mcg@hotmail.com
See the maps below for information on the locations of WG6OTA and GB3IW.

Approximately 5,425 miles between repeaters.