Celebrate Fr. Joseph Murgas with the Murgas Amateur Radio Club K3YTL and W3USR Tomorrow!

[Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell Ph.D.]

Hi HamSCI,

This year, we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Murgas Amateur Radio Club K3YTL, of which I am a member. The club is named in honor of Fr. Joseph Murgas was a Slovak Catholic priest that emigrated to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Among many other things, Fr. Murgas was a prolific radio experimenter who received many patents and is credited with the first overland wireless transmission, which took place from Wilkes-Barre to Scranton in 1905.

K3YTL and W3USR will be doing a historical reenactment of this transmission tomorrow, November 15, 2025 at 1 PM Eastern (1800 UTC). In Scranton, the event will take place in the University of Scranton Loyola Science Center Room 133 PNC Auditorium. In Wilkes-Barre, the event will be at the Ally Building of Kings College. During our reenactment, the University of Scranton President Fr. Joseph Marina and Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti will exchange radio messages with King's College President Fr. Thomas Looney and Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown. Light refreshments will be served at the W3USR station following the ceremony. For more information, please see the University of Scranton Royal News Article and WVIA story.

A livestream of the event will be available on both YouTube and FaceBook.

After, W3USR will be on the air for ARRL November Sweepstakes. Please join us either in-person or virtually!

73 de Nathaniel W2NAF

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Nathaniel A. Frissell, Ph.D., W2NAF

Associate Professor

Department of Physics and Engineering

University of Scranton

HamSCI Lead