Marconi and the early years of wireless at SOCALWUG Meeting Tonight.

The So Cal Wireless Users Group is meeting tonight, Thursday 07/27/06 at 7pm
(Pacific). http://www.socalwug.org


Presentation by Frank Keeney:

Imagine a time when many scientists believed that radio waves would only
travel line of sight. A time when the only way to send a long distance
message was over telegraph cables.

Just over a hundred years ago this was the case.

Guglielmo Marconi in 1901 proved that wireless waves were not affected by
the curvature of the Earth, he used his system for transmitting the first
wireless signals across the Atlantic between Poldhu, Cornwall England, and
St. John's, Newfoundland.

I'm sure most of us remember the centennial celebration in 2001 of Marconi's
achievements.

On a recent trip to Cornwall England, I visited both the Marconi Poldhu and
Lizard Point wireless stations where Marconi performed his early
experiments. In order to make this transmission over the Atlantic tremendous
obstacles needed to be overcome.

Only during this visit did I realize the magnitude of what Marconi did in
1901.

At the next SOCALWUG meeting I'll present some of the fascinating events
that lead up to Marconi's success.

I'll have stories, video and photos of these two historical wireless sites
and information you may not find elsewhere.


Who should attend?

Wireless users
Wireless technicians and engineers
Business people interested in wireless
People working in the wireless community
Wireless Security professionals
People new to wireless
People interested in meeting others involved in the wireless community
Buyers of wireless technology products and services
Those interested in lively technical discussions ranging from beginner to
expert
People old to wireless

Meeting location, directions and video streaming information at
http://www.socalwug.org (Video streaming information will be on the website
Thursday afternoon). Our free video streaming is courtesy of
http://www.camstreams.com

Meeting Cost: Free!

Agenda (times are approximate):

7:00 Mixing - business/friend contacts
7:10 Logon> Introductions to the group and key members
7:15 Announcements & News Items
7:20 General Q&A
7:30 Frank Keeney http://www.wlanparts.com
8:30 Mixing - break off into groups of discussions
9:00 Logoff>
10:00 Discussions move to the parking lot


When:

Every Fourth Thursday
7:00pm to 9:00pm (Pacific)
Thursday 07/27/06 7pm


Where:

Pasadena IHOP Restaurant (rear meeting room)
3521 E. Foothill Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91107
Location: http://ihop.know-where.com/ihop/cgi/site?00006
Wireless SSID: www.socalwug.org
GPS: N 34 09.032 - W 118 04.645


Take the Train!

MTA Gold Line "Sierra Madre Villa" station Visit the MTA site for times and
stations:
http://www.mta.net/riding_metro/metr...ne/default.htm
Click this MapQuest link for a walking map from the SMV station:
http://tinyurl.com/lhum

Note: Please come hungry and support our host. Food served during meeting.
Separate checks.


Please redistribute this notice.


Thank you

Frank Keeney
Pasadena Networks, LLC
Antennas, Cables and Equipment:
http://www.wlanparts.com