yl.beam#127 april 2024

Contents 

• Ja-No-Well-Fine
• History and Evolution of ICT  
• International Girls in ICT Day - April 25 , 2024
• YL Meet - Czech Republic OL88YL
•  SARL YL QSO Party Results
• World Wide Patagonia DX Contest 2024 Results Sue Jacob, GW7YLS 
• Contact & Calendar

 

Ja-No-Well-Fine

During April we celebrate World Amateur Radio Day, Marconi Day and Morse Code Day, all part of ICT. While IT deals primarily with computer hardware, software, and networking technologies, ICT includes not only these technologies but also communication technologies such as telegraph, telephone, radio and television.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin (Amateur Radio callsign KD2JTX) took office as Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023. Here she talks about Girls in ICT: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAKFIiwc_5s&t=25s

History and Evolution of ICT

The concept of ICT (information and communications technology) can be traced back to the 19th century with the development of the telegraph and the telephone. These two inventions revolutionized the way people worked and interacted socially by making it possible for one person to communicate with another person in a different location in real or near-real time.

In the middle of the 20th century, radio and television introduced the concept of mass communication, and by the end of the century, the internet had become a mainstream tool for communication, commerce and entertainment. Its use continued to grow rapidly in the following years, revolutionizing the way people work and digitally transforming the way people communicate.

 International Girls in ICT Day - April 25 , 2024

This year’s theme for the Girls in ICT day celebrations is “Leadership“, to underscore the critical need for strong female role models in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.

Although women now fill 40% of high-skill occupations globally, their participation in ICT-related fields continues to be low.

Women are nearly absent from software development, engineering, technology research, academia as well as at the highest levels of policy making. They also tend to leave science and technology jobs at higher rates than men.

While there is a leadership gender gap in every industry, the largest gaps are found in the STEM fields. Women in ICT often find themselves in junior or support roles rather than in managerial roles, with little opportunity for advancement. They are also less likely to hold an executive position, become ICT entrepreneurs, or be represented among science and technology policymakers.

To thrive in STEM, girls and young women must be exposed to women in leadership positions, fostering inspiration and breaking down barriers that hinder their progress. The Girls in ICT Day 2024 theme aims to address these challenges, encouraging empowerment and leadership development for a more equitable future in STEM.

https://www.itu.int/women-and-girls/girls-in-ict/#:~:text=In%202024%2C%20International%20Girls%20in,be%20celebrated%20on%2025%20April. 

2024 150th anniversary Marconi
Elettra Marconi,  daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, father of wireless communications, remembers

https://www.corriere.it/cronache/personaggi-italia/23_dicembre_06/intervista-elettra-figlia-marconi-guglielmo-8e3bb8de-93ac-11ee-abef-f3c9ab8a83ba.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0GYqIqMdBmAGhoilzTYZr6iYlh0VL_gr2Sa-3z1G-zjjI_eeRci4-XYTM


World Amateur Radio Day (WARD)

On April 18, 1925, the IARU was formed in Paris and will celebrate its centenary in 2025. The theme for 2024 is, A Century of Connections.  The global event covers all of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) regions and spans 2 days: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 0000 UTC to Friday, April 19, 2024, 0000 UTC.

 YL event OL88YL Czech Republic Invitation

Dear YLs, we look forward to seeing you at the next event in the Czech Republic. We are allowed to use the first class contest station OK5Z. There is the possibility to participate for one or more days.

I accept registrations with pleasure at hb9fpm@uska.ch  (Eva Thiemann, HB9FPM/OK3QE). Feel free to contact me for any questions.

YL Meet - Czech Republic  Aug 4 -10, 2024

Dear Yls - We are pleased to inform you about the next YL event in the Czech Republic. We will be able to use the first-class OK5Z Moravian Contest Group station for 7 days. The station is located near Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. The 3* hotel in Náměšť nad Oslavou is only a few kilometres by car from the radio station. Ideally, transport to the contest station and back to the hotel should be by your car or via car-sharing together with the other participants.

The hotel costs for one person/per night, including breakfast, are around CZK 1,200

(= ~ EUR 48,11). Other hotels are also available in the neighbourhood if a different category is required. There is the individual possibility to take part in the event for one, several days or the whole week. OM as a companion is of course very welcome.

Our activities will be accompanied by a professional video cameraman and photographer and recorded on modern data carriers.

In addition to the pure radio activities (a maximum of five YLs can operate simultaneously on different bands/modes), we have also planned workshops for the first time:

• How do I set up a station for digi-modes (e.g. RTTY) and how do I operate in an RTTY contest?
• How do I operate the Fox/Hound mode (FT8) in DXpedition traffic? Specialities?
• We will build a 20m dipole together that every YL can take home with them
• How do I solder an N/PL-connector to a coaxial cable?

The hosts will also give us selected presentations of their DXpeditions to Africa.

SOTA (summits on the air), flora and fauna (OKFF) activations will round off the varied programme. We assume that there will be something for everyone.

We will provide sporadic updates on the further development of the event in suitable media such as the USKA website, Facebook, Instagram and QRZ.

I will gladly accept registrations at hb9fpm@uska.ch (Eva Thiemann, HB9FPM/OK3QE). I am also available to answer any questions you may have.

A small selection from the stunning antenna set-up:

•  6el-15m, at 22m height
•  3el-40m, at 26m height
•  5el-10m, at 29m height
•  Ultrabeam for WARC bands, at 25m height
•  27m vertical antenna for 160m
•  Half Q for 80m + inverted V
•  8x Beverage antennas for reception

https://www.uska.ch/en/yl-event-ol88yl-2024/

 SARL YL QSO Party Results
Fourteen (14) logs were received for the first leg of the SARL YL QSO Party held on Saturday 2 March, 2024
1st Sonet de Wet, ZS3SW – 135 points
2nd Lillian Jones, ZU3LM - 120 points
3rd Karin Andrew, ZS6MMA - 111 points
4th Marjoke Schuitemaker, ZS5V and
       Veronica Kotze, ZR6TVK - 108 points
6th Adele Tyler, ZS5APT - 63 points
7th Odette Vosloo, ZS2OD and
      Heather Holland, ZS5YH – 48 points
9th Valerie Wagner, ZS5VAL - 30 points
10th Phillip van Tonder, ZS6PVT - 29 points
11th Esme Walsh, ZS1YE and
        Gert du Plessis, ZR6GRT - 24 points 
13th Theunis Potgieter, ZS2EC - 21 points 
14th Roy Walsh, ZS1YR - 14 points
HF Happenings 1087 Week of 11 March 2024 Page 2

 World Wide Patagonia DX Contest 2024 Results
 (wwpatagonia-arg-dx.com.ar)
 The results of the contest  25/02/2024 are out.
There were 3 YLs, two of them as checklog and one in competition. The checklog girls have given an act of love for the radio!!!!
 I hope that next year there will be more YLs in competition.
LU5ILA CheckLog   Leticia
LU9VYY CheckLog   Paola
LU2VYL Category: SINGLE-OP LOW Overlay: YL  Mode: SSB Band: ALL  
LU2VYL Marisa from San Carlos de Bariloche
Marina LU1VYL, 73 and 88
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OA4DEM Sonia (from Peru):  I'm sending you a photo of my participation in the American Lighthouse Weekend, 2024. It was in Cerro Azul, 132 kilometres south of Lima.

Sue Jacob, GW7YLS       from Wales, UK.

In the space of less than 18 months, Sue Jacob, GW7YLS, has passed all three amateur radio exams to become a fully licensed radio amateur. However, it was over 50 years ago that Sue first began her interest in the hobby.

In the early 1970s Sue began listening to Radio Luxembourg, along with other European stations, on Medium Wave on a small green transistor radio. Soon after, her grandfather gave her younger brother, Graham, an old valve radio, which had Shortwave. Following this, she soon became a Shortwave Listener sending off reception reports to broadcasting stations around the world and she loved getting back QSL cards. It was whilst tuning around the bands Sue came across SSB signals and soon became interested in amateur radio.

However, life then took over and her interest in the hobby was put on hold until April 2022 when Sue had retired and she came across her old equipment whilst having a clearout of the attic. This included a Medium Wave loop antenna, Trio R-2000, Sony ICF7600D and a small ATU. Along with the equipment Sue found two photo albums full of amateur radio QSL cards. These included those of her friend Alan, G3YNI (now Silent Key), who Sue used to sit with whilst listening to QSOs with Alan’s friend Bob, GW3VXP in Penarth on 80m and 160m.

At the time Sue had wanted to take her exam but had difficulties with Morse code and chose not to pursue becoming licensed. However, in September 2022, having rediscovered her interest in the hobby, she learnt that the new licence structure no longer required Morse, and could be taken in stages. Following this development, Sue soon set about preparing for her Foundation exam.

Sue chose to use the Essex Ham online course and a month later passed with a score of 25/26, and soon got on the air waves. With her interest growing, in early 2023 she chose to do the fast-track intermediate course with the Online Amateur Radio Community and passed in April 2023.

Having looked into taking the next step and taking the Full Licence exam, Sue initially had reservations and considered it quite a jump in learning. However, having talked it through with Graham, who had taken his intermediate course with Bath-Based Distance Learning (BBDL), they decided to take the plunge together and take the BBDL Full Licence Course. Sue found from the pre-course that it was exactly her style of tutoring/learning programme and was thrilled to discover in January 2024 that she had passed and was now a fully licensed radio amateur.

As for what’s next for Sue, she’s considering trying her hand at Morse!

rsgb.org › 2024/03/06 › sue-jacob-gw7yls (Radio Soc. Of Great Britain)


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Calendar
April 10        Eid ul Fitr, end of Ramadan
April 12-14   International DX Convention 75th•, 2024 • Visalia, California, USA
April 13-14  CQWS 2024  World Scout Contest  2nd full weekend of April:
                    04/13/2024 18:00 UTC - 04/14/2024 20:00 UTC; YL Single Operator   April 14-15 Maritime Radio Day (MRD)
April 18       World Amateur Radio Day
April 20-28  Semana nos Parques na América / Parks in the Americas Week
April 21       BYLARA (British Young Ladies Amateur Radio Association) get-together @               annual Northern Amateur Radio Societies Assoc. (NARSA) rally in  
                  Blackpool, UK.  BYLARA founded in April 1979 , 45 years ago.
April 21       Concurso DIA MUNDIAL DE LA RADIOAFICION
April 21       Kartini Day celebrates Indonesian Women
April 21-22  CQ MM DX Contest 3rd weekend April.  0900Z, Apr 20 - 2359Z, Apr 21
April 22 -30 Passover
April 25       Marconi Day  (1988)
April 25      International Girls in ICT Day
April 25       Anzac Day 2024 THursday, Australia
April 27       Morse Day     Samuel Morse born on April 27, 1791

May 6         ALARA AGM 1030 UTC 2024 on EchoLink ALARA Conf & 80 M 3.6325 Mhz
 

yl.beam#126 march 2024

Contents

• Women's Ham Radio Class (by and for Women)
• YL activity DM88YLF  
• DARC YL-Contest  International Women's Day
• International Women's Day Commemorative Certificate 2024   Radio Club La Rioja, LU1SF.
• Universal women's suffrage.
• Women have held their place  KM1NDY  Mindy  
• Indian YL features in World Radio Day.VU2RBI Bharathi Devulapalli   feb 13
• Update YL  participation in South American Lighthouse Weekend
• Out & About
• YL GROUP Argentina -  5th Anniversary
• Award “Discovering Marconi”
• Contact & Calendar

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Women's Ham Radio  General License Class (USA)
2024 Schedule  7 sessions: Feb 29,  March  1,2,7, 8, 9, 14
This class is taught by women, for women -  Online via Zoom
To register for class, where to purchase textbook, or for more information contact:
Barbara Yasson ACTUH  Via email: AC7UH@arrl.net
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French-German YL-activity  DM88YLF (Germany) and TM88YL (France)
from March 1 to March 31, 2024
More info:  DJ5YL (Joana)  Email: dj5yl@darc.de
https://www.qrz.com/db/dm88ylf

YL-operators:
French Yls
F4GDI Christine (president REF)

F4IFD Nicky (president YL de France)
F1FMI Monique F1EOY Mado F4GLR Danielle
F4HFX Nicole F4HHR Nelly F5JER Claudine
F5RPB Evi F5RXL Solange

German Yls
DL3HD Heike (president DL-YL)

DJ5YL Joana (organizer of activity)
DC6HY Gabi       DF9HG Uschi
DH8LAR Rita      DJ9YL Barbara
DK8LQ Gertrud   DL1TM Ela
DL3KWR Rosel   DL5YL Tina
DL6TNT Franzi    DL7VRE Hanni
DL7VY Angelika   DL9YJ Yvette
DM4EZ Evelin      DM7PCH Conny             DO9GS Grit

Special DOK: 88YLF   from March 1 to March 31, 2024
QSOs with DM88YLF will count for special DOK 88YLF.
QSL: direct via DJ5YL, bureau via DM88YLF, LoTW, eQSL, DCL
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DARC (Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e.V. )
YL-Contest  International Women's Day,
Date & Time:  08. March 2024 from 18:00-21:00 UTC (19-22 CET)
Bands: 80m and 40m
Mode: SSB and CW
Deadline for submission of Log: March 30, 2024
We wish everyone a lot of fun and hope for an energetic participation.
more information: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/contest0/#c276676
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International Women's Day Commemorative Certificate 2024
Hosted by LU1SF Radio Club de Rioja, Argentina.
Contact the largest number of stations, authorized by Radio Club La Rioja (LU1SF).
A single contact with each distinctive sign will be valid in any band and mode
DATES AND TIMES: 01-15 March 2024 (inclusive)
From 00:00 UTC on March 01, 2024, to 23:59 UTC on March 15, 2024
BANDS AND MODES All
AUTHORIZED STATIONS
42 of the Argentine Republic (Buenos Aires city and 17 provinces)
 plus 17 Yls from 7 Latin Americans countries.
 To download the certificates and/or QSL you must enter the official portal: https://www.lu1sf.com.ar
The deadline for downloading certificates from the Platform will be April 15, 2024
Leader  Andrea Alvarez LU1SYL
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Universal women's suffrage.
 Beginning in the 1700s many societies began to agitate for women’s rights, including the right to vote. When won, these were often local exceptions to the rule of patriarchy, and nation-wide examples of woman suffrage do not emerge until the late 19th century. The first nations to grant woman suffrage were nearly all in Europe, or in places dominated by European colonialism. 1913-1920  universal woman suffrage spreads across Europe.

Women comprise more than half of the population and make history virtually everywhere.
On March 8,  International Women's Day, we can celebrate as Amateur Radio operators and honour those women whose shoulders we stand on.  
Remember Radio does not discriminate and has no Borders.
CQ Ladies. 33 Eda ZS5YH (Editor)

Where Are The Ladies Of Ham Radio?   KM1NDY  Mindy (USA)
Women have held their place in a hobby as male-dominated as Ham radio since the start of the 20th century. These resilient women of the early and mid 20th century laid the ground-work for the future female Ham operators to enter the hobby and make a mark.
1)  radio is the ultimate tool for freedom of communication, and
2)  I have never been part of anything (hobby or otherwise) that had so few women participants.
In my mind, this means that women are missing out on a huge chance to secure their personal freedom to communicate.
Radio, unlike the internet, is not so easy to control.
Me (KM1NDY) in the picture above, talking by Morse code with 6 watts, to Canada from the top of Mt. Norwottuck, Massachusetts. I could reduce that power even further and send out digital messages on WSJT-X type protocols such as JS8Call or FT8 itself. Tiny puffs of RF distributing my message around the world!
Internalize this next part because I do not think people really understand this:
I am a 100% complete radio station. There is no infrastructure — no cell phone tower, no internet, no repeater, NOTHING — between me and the person receiving my signal. Me, a radio, a battery, a coax cable, and a wire a few dozen feet long. My CW (morse code) keyer is strapped around my right thigh. Absolutely nothing else stands between me and getting my message out. Or receiving the response.
We ladies are ready consumers of technology products, but we are not creating it. At least not my circle of women, mostly middle-aged, and confident in their decry “I am just not technical.” I think it is time for us to “get technical.” And, ham radio is actually a brilliant way to start.
Ladies, there is a spot in ham radio–and in technology–for you. We really cannot afford to be left out of the conversation.
https://km1ndy.com/where-are-the-women-of-ham-radio/
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Indian YL features in World Radio Day.
UNESCO listed this documentary film for this year’s 2024 celebration. World Radio Day  is celebrated every year on February 13. The theme for the year is, ‘A century of informing, educating and entertaining’.  The documentary film, ‘My Radio, My Life’, is an interesting and nostalgic take on radio, most often referred to as the miracle of the 20th century. An era before the advent of television, mobile phones, and social media. The film explores how Radio influenced the lives of a few passionate individuals.
 ‘My Radio, My Life’,  features VU2RBI Bharathi Devulapalli, a lady HAM operator from India.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX7UnTXhcRo
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 Bharati Devapullavi, VU2RBI   HER RADIO, HER LIFE AND HER FILM
The story of an influential YL, happy with her ham family and inspiring others around the world, would be a great subject for a movie, and now it has been. John Williams VK4JJW talks to us about her and the new documentary.
Although she doesn't feel like a movie star, Bharati Devapullavi is generating a lot of buzz on screen in a new one-hour documentary, "My Radio, My Life," which premiered on Friday, November 10. at the International Film Festival Africa. The team of filmmakers from Pune, India take a broad but highly personal view of the medium in all its varied forms, from shortwave enthusiasts to commercial broadcasters and radio amateurs, focusing on a handful of its most passionate practitioners.
As someone who has been a radio amateur for more than half of hER life, Bharati VU2RBI plays a central role in the film, giving the camera crew access to her 'shack' in Hyderabad earlier this year and introducing the many members. from her large family of radio amateurs, including her husband, VU2DBP; her daughter, VU2DTR; and her son, VU3DVS. The veteran DXpeditioner, who has assisted extensively in disaster management communications and has received many awards around the world, is an advocate and educator of amateur radio education, particularly for Yls.
Selvamar News - No 46 December 2023 p10
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Out & About
Sysa, OM4AYL will be active from Pemba island, Tanzania (AF-063) as 5H4AYL during February 18-28, 2024. QRV on HF bands. QSL via H/c.

Fiji – Samoa – Tonga Dxpedition Feb 2024
yl Olga UA9OLY, RC9O Anatoly, Hrane YT1AD, Stevan YU3AA.
https://www.dx-world.net/fiji-samoa-tonga-dxpedition/?fbclid=IwAR3BseFL3IMh6UphMT3xMNoYzL8ZYk0rX4vFY2P3Qdw0sxv9PHCgt2VfQh4
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Update YL  participation in South American Lighthouse Weekend
weekend of February 16 -18, 2024
Last month (February) we told you that Carmen KP4QVQ, from Puerto Rico,  Carmen  XQ1ROA from Chile and  Laura Fanelli, LU1WL, from Argentina would be participating.
Several more lady operators(YLs) were also involved in the activation.

LU1EVT Mica as part of the DX Necochea Group team  was at the Quequén Lighthouse and
 Pescador (Fisherman's) Beacon   Quequén, is the port of the city Necochea, on the Atlantic coast (BA)

 YL  Natalia  LU4MNG, with OM Adrian LU9MAH,  daughter Candela LU2MCC and son Tomás LU8MTC, activated this unusual inland lighthouse, the El Nihuil. On an artificial lake located on the Atuel River, it is the largest  water reservoir in the northern province of Mendoza, Argentina.

Yumayra YV5YVR and Victor Toro YV5KQH activated  Caraballeda Marina Lighthouse. . It is located on the east side of  La Guaira, a Venezuelan port on the Caribbean.

A last minute activation of the Antarctic Esperanza Rear Beacon, inside the Base near the heliport, was made possible by the arrival of  Andrea  LU8WAM. She is an  announcer at broadcast station LRA 36 Radio Archangel San Gabriel at Base Esperanza, located at the north-eastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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YL GROUP Argentina -  5th Anniversary 16 February 2024
The YL GROUP Argentina. will award a Certificate for 5 contacts on the occasion of the "5th Anniversary"  on 16/02/2024.
all Argentinian radio fans and the world (also radio listeners) were invited to participate in this activity. The bands: HF, VHF direct, FT8 and CW.
contact  eMail:   lu3ezh@yahoo.com
Thank you so much for joining us. Lucia Sajara  2 Feb 2024

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“Discovering Marconi” Amateur Radio Award
1 January to 31 December 2024,
Commemorating the 150th anniversary from the birth of the great Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi (1874)
Sponsored by the “Guglielmo Marconi Foundation” and "Marconi Museum.”  an international amateur radio diploma organized by the ARI Radio Club of  Fidenza in Italy.
Further details, special callsigns and award rules visit web site at www.arifidenza.it .
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Calendar  
March 1 -31 French-German YL-activity DM88YLF (Germany)& TM88YL (France)
March 1 -15  International Women's Day Certificate - Radio Club La Rioja, LU1SF.
March 3        JLRS - 21st 3.3 Hina Contest (Japan Ladies Radio Society) Sunday
                            15:00UTC March 2 -  15:00UTC March 3  (3rd day, 3rd month)
March  5        AGCW (Activity Group CW) YL-CW Party, 80m       1900 to 2100 UTC.
March 8        DARC (German YL) 18:00-21:00 UTC (19-22 CET) 80m,40m/SSB, CW
March 8        International Women's Day - YL Parks On The Air Party
                     https://www.facebook.com/events/351499850909852/?ref=newsfeed
March 10      NZ – WARO   Founded 10 March 1962.  2024 - 62 years ago
March 17      St Patrick's Day Award 1200 16th March to 1200 18th March (UTC)
March 22-23  HamSCI  sixth annual workshop, 2024

 July 11-14 YLRL Convention, @ St George Utah, USA. 2024
Aug 4 - 10 YL event OL88YL Czech Republic 2024

World Wide Patagonia DX Contest / Concurso Mundial Patagonia DX

World Wide Patagonia DX Contest
The contest will take place on February 25th and this will be the first edition.

Below is the link to our competition.. We have added a special category to encourage YL contest activity.

Link https://wwpatagonia-arg-dx.com.ar
Best regards.   Marina LU1VYL (YL from Argentina)

Link https://wwpatagonia-arg-dx.com.ar
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World Wide Patagonia DX Contest
| ABOUT |

We are a great group of Radio Amateurs who lead Argentine institutions with the firm path of always enriching technical and operational knowledge. Our objective is to encourage the continuous training of amateurs in competition so that over the years they can optimize their operation and stations.
We invite all radio amateurs around the world to participate in the  World Wide PATAGONIA DX Contest , hoping for a pleasant, equitable event that allows optimizing the skills and stations of the contestants.
We hope to have your participation in this first edition, celebrating the reunion year after year in the bands.

We are waiting for you!

World Wide Patagonia DX Contest
MODE : CW – SSB – MIXED
DATE: 02/25/2024
STARTS:   From: 00:00 a.m. UTC at 11:59 p.m. UTC
AIM: Let radio amateurs from around the world contact us in a contest using their skills in a weekend of lots of fun.
BANDS: 3.5; 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz. Respecting the international amateur band plan.
EXCHANGE: In each communication, the correspondents must exchange RS(T) and a fixed series corresponding to their abbreviated GRID LOCATOR:

POINTS:
The score generated by each QSO will be equal to the number of km that exist between the Grid Locators of the stations participating in the COMMUNICATION. QSOs are scored only once per band.
MULTIPLIERS:
The FIRST QSO for each band with each Grid Locator will be multipliers. The Grid Locator itself is not computed as a multiplier.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VALIDITY OF COMMUNICATIONS:
The correspondent's distinctive signal, the series received, and the UTC time must coincide on the participant's goat with a tolerance of 3 minutes.

SUB-CATEGORIES:
Any eligible participant may enter one of the categories shown below by adding the appropriate CATEGORY-OVERLAY line to the Cabrillo log file header.
Stations that use this subcategory will be classified within the general results in their category.

NEW OPERATOR (ROOKIE):  This is the operator who obtained his first license as a radio amateur less than three (3) years before the date of the contest. Enter the date of the first license in the SOAPBOX field .
 
LADIES OPERATOR (YL):  Only female operators will be able to participate in this category, and they will compete against each other for a certificate, regardless of the country or continent.

Remote receivers are NOT permitted outside the station location.

All logs must be submitted WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS after the contest ends: logs no later than 23:59 UTC on March 3, 2024. Log submissions made after the deadline will not be considered. consider.

Any query, suggestion or request for clarification can be made by

email.contacto@wwpatagonia-arg-dx.com.ar

radio amateur feminas - yl.beam #125 feb 2024

Contents

• YL Lighthouse Activators       
• Meet Carmen DM4EAX, a German YL  
• Ladies-on-the Air 8th March - International Women's Day
• Parks & Peaks  Sue VK5AYL
• National Parks in Victoria, Australia
• Field Radio Marija VK5MAZ.
• YL Marija Kostic YU3AWA activates POTA in Serbia.
• Silent Keys ZS1GEL / ZS5GEL Gudrun Lauterbach;
• WP4FH Aida Iris Trujillo Glass; NØTWV Maria Jones,
• Contact & Calendar

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Lighthouse Punta Gruesa   Carmen  XQ1ROA

YL Lighthouse Activators

The South American Lighthouse Weekend will be held over the weekend of February 16 -18, 2024. The largest lighthouse event in the Americas has been held annually since 2009.
Carmen Greene, KP4QVQ, from Puerto Rico  will activate the Los Morrillos Lighthouse, PUR-002.
Maritza Fredes Naveas, CE1RFI, from Chile will again activate the Baliza Puerto Viejo Light (27° 20.4' S - 070° 56.5' W).
Carmen Fortuño Rios XQ1ROA, a member of   the Tarapacá DX Group, will activate the Punta Gruesa Lighthouse, CHI-104, with the prefix CB1T.  The lighthouse is about 20 km south of the city of Iquique, Chile.
Laura Fanelli, LU1WL, from Argentina, the YL with the most attendance in the history of "American Lighthouse Weekend",will again be active with her mobile station from the Chubut Lighthouse, ARG-034

 

Meet Carmen DM4EAX, a German YL

DARC e.V. Distrikt Ruhrgebiet L .  23 Jan 2024
We introduce you on Tuesdays to the board and the speakers of our district Ruhrgebiet L in Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V. This week it’s our Deputy District Chair Carmen DM4EAX’s turn.  🚀 We asked her three questions:

1️⃣. How did you get on amateur radio?
💬 “I came to amateur radio through my OM* Michael DL4EAX. ”
2️⃣. What gives you the most pleasure in amateur radio?
💬 "I'm excited about competitions and always on the hunt for new DXCC** territories." The topic of propagation conditions is therefore an important point for me in order to clarify the chances of reaching a rare, remote station. “
3️⃣. If you could have one free wish on amateur radio, what would it be?
💬 "That North Koreans can finally participate in this wonderful and so multifaceted hobby. ”

Carmen started as an apprentice with Michael DL4EAX training call DN4EAX. On the 1st July 2017 she passed the Class E amateur radio test with the call DO4EAX on the frequencies. Already on 11.11.2017, Carmen stocked up with another successful grade A exam. She has since used the DM4EAX sign.
Since April 2018 she has been a YL* representative and since April 2019 also deputy district chairman of the district Ruhrgebiet L. In addition, she has been the deputy chairman of the local association of Ortsverband Ruhrgebiet L33 since January 2020.
Carmen has also participated in the project “New question catalogue” to modernize the amateur radio testing of the Round Table Amateurfunk e.V.*** as part of the amendment of the amateur radio regulation, which will enter into force on 24.06.2024.

⚠️ Info for amateur radio beginners:
* OM is the abbreviation of "old man", as we call male radio amateurs in a friendly greeting. 💁Female radio amateurs we respectfully call YL, meaning "young lady".
** The DX Century Club, DXCC for short, is an amateur radio diploma and one of the most famous awards for radio amateurs: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DX_Century_Club
*** The Round Table Amateurfunk e.V., for short RTA, is a merger of most German amateur radio clubs. The coordinator of lobbying for the amateur radio in politics: http://www.runder-tisch-amateurfunk.de/

Every Tuesday our Young Ladies (YL) meet from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. CET/CEST on the 80m band (3,550 +/- QRZ kHz) for the YL-CW round . Pre-log in from 7:45 p.m. CET/CEST.  https://www.agcw.de/contest/yl-cw-party/

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2024, 8th March - International Women's Day YL Parks On The Air Party
Editorial Comment – Eda ZS5YH:

Dear Ladies – Please join in the spirit of this event to get the Yls outside calling “CQ”.
Whether parks in your region/area are POTA, WWFF, FFF, Field Radio, Parks&Peaks or BOS (Belgium Outdoor Shack) is not important - Ladies-on-the Air – that's what it's about!

Parks & Peaks is an Australian website that collects data from Amateur Radio operators who get out of their shacks and operate their radios portable in parks or on peaks.
Developed by Sue VK5AYL, as an iPhone App . Sue has held an Amateur Radio license since 1978.

National parks in Victoria, Australia
alara.org.au ▪ ALARA Newsletter Issue 188 January2024 page 9

Congratulations to Angela VK7AMP, who reports as follows:
I have attached my recent Keith Roget Memorial National Parks certificate which means I have worked all 45 national parks in Victoria.
The first time I worked a National Park in Victoria was in 2016, that was Croajingolong National Park and it wasn't until about two years ago that I went through my log and marked off the ones I had worked. I was left with about ten more I hadn't worked. So I started looking out for those parks on Parks-n-peaks. And eventually ticked off the last few in October ( VK3 UAO - Stuart was very helpful in helping me to get the last few. I was very grateful for his help there.) The last one to be ticked off was Snowy River National Park.
There is also an award for activating all 45 parks as well. I have done 10 so have got a few more to do there! 

Marija VK5MAZ.Field Radio April 2018
Marija VK5FMAZ.obtained her Foundation amateur radio licence in March 2016.
 She made a total of 1,018 QSOs and worked 25 DXCC entities.
In February 2021 Marija VK5MAZ. upgraded to the Standard licence and as of Sept 2022, she has made a total of 2,217 QSOs and has worked 126 DXCC entities.
She has also been awarded a certificate for 1,375 references worked in VKFF
Marija is the Contest Manager for the ALARA Contest.
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YL Marija KosticYU3AWA activates POTA in Serbia.

I love spending my time in nature! So, it is no wonder I am attracted to FF, SOTA and COTA activations. I have activated many references and protected areas of my country. Every activation, even if it was in the same area, is special and unique! Ham radio has merged all those I love into one!

1 Jan, 2024 🌿 POTA YT-0067 🌿Our last POTA activation in 2023. This year was all about POTA activation for me. In total, I had over 100 of them in 2023. I am happy that I spent a lot of time in nature and with the station at the same time. The POTA program is great for that! Today we also did our first activation in 2024,
Dec 2023 she received the Kilo Award: Award for Activators only. 1000 QSOs from the same Parks on the Air entity.  Below are a few extracts from Marija YU3AWA Facebook pages, to give an idea of the ups and downs of  Parks-on-the-Air activations.

  https://www.facebook.com/yu3awa/?

6 June 2023 A few more POTA activations over the weekend.  YT-0038 Avala Landscape Reserve. is famous in Serbia and close to our capital city - Belgrade. However, I had never been there before. Activation was successful! Filip YU3FMS and I had planned to do 2 more POTA activations on the same day, so we did not stay long at Avala and moved on.
Our next reference was about 40 km from Avala. But everything does not always go according to plan. Reference YT-0047 Lesni Profil Kapela Protected Area is along the coast of the Danube. As the river level of the Danube rose enormously, the coast was flooded and we could not go down.
Aso, there were too many mosquitos that annoyed Filip so much that he did not want us to stay here for a minute longer and activate at least activation with one callsign. At that moment YU3AWA was very sad :') I like to try to do the activation whatever the conditions are. However, we had some more plans for that day and it was the best to move on.
Our next stop was Koviljsko-Petrovaradisnki Rit Nature Reserve YT-0040. And guess what, mosquitos again! This park is also located on the coast of the Danube. Same storu as the previous one. The good thing is that this protected area has a larger area, so we could find a suitable place for activation. The noise level was high from the very beginning. S9 plus QRM. Incredible, I felt like I was working from the city center, and not in some remote meadow. Activation was extremely difficult due to interference. Unfortunately, I was the only one who did the activation, while Filip was missing 3 QSOs to complete his.
After more than 4 hours spent driving the car, we decide to rest. That evening there was a concert of a band that I really like, and we had an invitation from our friend Attila YU7VFA to visit him, in the sane city that the concert was being held. After the concert ended, we walked a bit and realized that Attila's house is actually across the street from POTA reference YT-0082.
Filip said one key sentence "So close and so far". I thought a little and asked myself, what would be far when the reference is 10 meters from us, and all the equipment was in the car? It was already past 11 PM. We did this completely out of the blue. Since the park is in the very center of the  city, we had a terrible QRM and the activation was not completed.  
It didn't bother Attila the least because he said that we have just one more reason to visit him again. All in all, a wonderful day filled with both successful and incomplete POTA activations, which taught us that we cannot always plan everything and that it is very important to adapt to working conditions.

21 August 2023  · 🌿 POTA YT-0135 🌿This is the first activation of this reference and also the fifth activation of the park in one day. We successfully activated 5 parks and received the Rover Warthog award!

26 August 2023🌿 POTA YT-0171 🌿 We activated this park for the first time, and I don't think we will ever again. The road was quite bad, without marked signs to the park. The paths are impassable and overgrown. But that's why we didn't have QRM!
 
20 September 2023 In less than 6 months, I activated more than 50 unique parks in Serbia!
 

Thanks to everyone who helped me in this, and the first one is Filip YU3FMS who inspired me and introduced me to the POTA program, and then also my club YU7KMN (Radio Club "Nikola Tesla" , Serbia) whose members were always there to support me. Thanks also to all the hunters who contacted me.

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Silent Keys

S/k ZS1GEL / ZS5GEL Gudrun Lauterbach Silent Key 30th of December, 2023
Condolences to om Mike ZS1MLL / ZS5ML
 Gudrun passed away on the 30th of December with husband Mike Lauterbach, of nearly 40 years by her side.  She did not like being the centre of attention, but enjoyed being amongst family and friends.
Involved in kinesiology for 30 years, Gudrun laid the foundation for all the Specialised Kinesiologists in South Africa. She played an enormous role in spear-heading ASKSA (Association of Specialised Kinesiologists of South Africa).

S/k  WP4FH Aida Iris Trujillo Glass, from Sabana Grande in .Puerto Rico Passed Thursday January 6th 2024  

S/k  NØTWV   Maria Jones,  (February 21, 1930 – 22 January, 2024)
YL-ISSB - Larry Morgan advised 22 Jan 2024, NØTWV Maria Jones, passed away at 8:42 am today at age 93.  Maria was a long-time member and control operator of the YL System (YL-ISSB)
Operator since 1971. Former calls: CX5BJ-Uruguay,; KA5CVY-Mississippi; XE1CVY-Mexico; XE1MMJ-Mexico.
Husband, Mack P. Jones, KCØCRS (S/k). Missionaries with the International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention in Paraguay, South America for 4 years; Uruguay, South American for 4 years; and Mexico for 12 years. They spent one year in intensive Spanish language study in San José, Costa Rica before going to South America.
YLRL news Dec. 1989 noted  XE1IW, Maria will be XE1/KA5CVY from their new QTH where she and her husband have accepted new job assignments.
In August,2019 Maria left her home in Purvis, MS. and moved to Brookdale, an assisted care facility in Hattiesburg, MS.

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Calendar March 2024
Feb 3 -4     EUDX CONTEST is always 1st full weekend of Feb
Feb 8 - 11  YL-ISSB's 61st anniversary special event station K4ICA
Feb 9 - 11   Orlando HamCation (77th), 2nd largest ham event in the world,1st - 1946*.
Feb 10        Chinese New Year, year of the Dragon. February 9th- 15th
Feb 10 - 11  CQ WPX RTTY Contest. 2024  always the 2nd weekend of February.
Feb 10 - 11  PACC Contest 12:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC Dutch prov multipliers. CW/SSB.
Feb 11         International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Feb 13         World Radio Day
Feb 16 - 18  South American Lighthouse Weekend 15th edition
Feb 17 – 18 YL-OM Contest 2024   SSB/CW/Digital
Feb 18 – 25  Antarctic Activity Week (AAW) by WAP,  2024 21st edition
Feb 22          TDOTA 2024 Thinking Day on the Air 3rd  weekend February.

March 2  SARL YL QSO Party  40m
March 3  JLRS - 21st 3.3 Hina Contest (Japan Ladies Radio Society) Sunday
                         15:00UTC March 2 -  15:00UTC March 3  (3rd day, 3rd month)
 YLRL Convention, @ St George Utah, USA.  July 11th-14th. 2024

yl.beam #124 jan 2024

Contents

• Listen to the Australian AR ladies
• Meet YL Raisa, R1BIG, “International Newsmaker of the Year 2023”
• Raisa R1BIG feeling excited. Newsmaker of the Year 2023
• Saint Helena Island
• St Helena Island  (IOTA AF-022) YL Amateur Radio Activations
• IOTA - ISLANDS ON THE AIR
• New Zealand - Myrle Campkin ZL2MIC
• Hello from Peru
• Parks on the Air (POTA)
• International Women's Day 2024 YL POTA PARTY
• Contact & Calendar

Listen to the Australian AR ladies
on WIA News Broadcast for the 17th of Dec 2023 - Ham Radio News for Amateur Radio Operators by VK1WIA
(ALARA) presentation occurs several times each year including close to Christmas
ALARA  president vk2ayl Michelle joins Leslie vk5LOL with  operational news covering contests and the DX window.
Shirley vk5yl  covers the international desk.
Linda vk7QP handles special interest group news  and  AR news lines editor Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT from the USA chatting to R1BIG Raisa about being newsmaker 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kX8zrO22Gpo&fbclid=IwAR3bSngP29pE3QTrqxqQuvn4FeVazxZ7-wBurdEMKzLNyuu18p8kG_vw

Raisa QSL bureau St. Petersburg Nov 2023

MEET YL RAISA, R1BIG, INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAKER FOR THE YEAR 2023
PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story we have an awards presentation. The Amateur Radio Newsline International Newsmaker of the Year award celebrates a clever and creative innovator in this, its fifth year: She is YL Raisa R1BIG/OH7BG. Through social media and various websites she has given the world a window into what it means to struggle and grow as a ham.
Newsline's editor Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT spoke with her.

CARYN: Congratulations to Raisa Skrynnikova, R1BIG, who began in 2018 to channel her enthusiasm and humour to show how a newly licensed ham learns to put up antennas, enter a contest, activate a SOTA summit and handle some incredible pileups. Her blogs, livestreams and YouTube videos are a source of information and good will. Raisa told Newsline why she decided to put her own story in the spotlight.

RAISA: To show step by step that it is not very difficult to get and to pass the exam, to make your own equipment. You can also make your antenna yourself and set it up yourself also. I try to do all these videos to show that the ham radio hobby is not so difficult and you can do simple steps and know more and more information. Why I like the ham radio hobby is because every day, every time, you need to learn something new - and this is the best thing, I think.

CARYN: In 2021, Raisa advocated for greater friendship among the world's hams by taking another bold step. Building on the earlier work of two hams, she enlisted help from friends in different countries and assembled an easy-to-use interactive online practice guide offering commonly used QSO phrases in 11 different languages.

RAISA: It is so nice, you feel a very nice feeling, when someone talks a little bit in your language and I thought, "Oh I would like to know some phrases in the different languages and to say hello buon giorno, buona sera." It's so wonderful and make people a little bit more happy.

CARYN: Her humor and her relentless optimism about ham radio's future have provided a bright spot by using the technology that is guiding the next generation's amateurs.

RAISA: I think that the new technology and the internet and social media will not kill the hobby. I think that they will help the hobby because we can use them for promoting the hobby and make this hobby more popular. And that is exactly what I try to do.

CARYN: We are proud of this year's International Newsmaker, Raisa R1BIG. I'm Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

“International Newsmaker of the Year 2023”  Raisa  feeling excited. 8/12/2023 
What a morning surprise: A.R.NEWSLINE recognized me as “International Newsmaker of the Year 2023”
For me, such a decision by a respected international team means responsibility and a challenge. I'm so happy when I hear on air or read comments from those who, after watching my videos, decided to get a ham license, returned to the bands or just became more active on the air.
Thank you, my followers, for your inspiration. I will do my best to continue to promote such a relevant hobby, that connects people around the world.

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Saint Helena Island  [15°58′S 5°42′W]
located in the South Atlantic Ocean, a small remote volcanic tropical island 1,950 km  west of the coast of south-west Africa, and 4,000 km east of South America.
Discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, the island was an important stop for ships.
However after 1869 fewer ships arrived when the Suez Canal opened. Ships en-route from Asia to Europe could bypass the South Atlantic and the Cape of Good Hope.
Until 2017, the Royal Mail Ship RMS St Helena was the only scheduled connection to the island when the first scheduled air service began.

St Helena Island  (IOTA AF-022) YL Amateur Radio Activations
ZD7AA   Agata and husband ZD7CA/ HB9FIY  Christopher are operating on St Helena Island during December-January 2023/24

Elvira, IV3FSG will be active from St Helena as ZD7Z during January 16 to February 4, 2024. QRV on 160-6m; SSB, CW, DIGI using IC-7300, Hexbeam, vertical and Inverted-L. QSL via IK2DUW, Club Log OQRS – Livestream. (Grid: IH74GA)

IOTA - ISLANDS ON THE AIR
probably best known of all current amateur radio diploma programmes is IOTA, Islands on the Air.  It is the second most popular international activity programme after DXCC.
The aim is to promote worldwide radio operation with amateur radio stations on inhabited and uninhabited islands with the help of the competition idea. As with many other activity programmes, participation in the IOTA programme is possible in two ways: the  "chaser", one who collects the island points, and the "activator" on the island who operates the station and makes these contacts possible.

The British shortwave listener Geoff Watts, editor of the DX news sheet DXNS, laid the foundations for this amateur radio activity as early as 1964 with the IOTA programme.
1964-1985 Geoff’s concept of working islands caught on immediately with a small number of amateurs, particularly in Europe and the USA
1985-1994 change of stewardship to RSGB  (Radio Society of Great Britain)
Roger Balister, G3KMA was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in May 2016 for his years of involvement since March 1985 as Manager of the IOTA Programme.
1994 – 2004 Sponsorship helped to finance a DOS-based computer system until 2007
2004-2014 an Internet-based module enabling on-line applications launched in 2007 .
 IOTA Ltd, was set up in early 2016 as a not-for-profit company, to run IOTA separate from the RSGB. IOTA Ltd now has an extensive international management team of volunteers.
The current IT system was launched on the IOTA website at www.iota-world.org 
https://www.iota-world.org/history.html
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New Zealand - Myrle Campkin ZL2MIC
Hi to all Yls from NZ And abroad my name is Myrle Campkin Zl2MIC my QTH is New Plymouth, New Zealand. I am and have always been a keen Dxer
I was licensed on 11 th June 1996 then, almost 27 1/2 Years now.
During this time I was not just keen on DX but for around 2 years up to 2008 I was net controller on the popular DX net, the ANZA net which I thoroughly enjoyed each Thursday night.
I’ve worked every continent and Antarctica as well as DX from all areas of the world literally thousands of amateurs. I have met some very friendly operators, some with just a wire antenna through to some DX operators using the most modern sophisticated equipment I could only dream of owning for sure.
My hardest station to contact was Bouvet Island a very difficult operation but I managed it even though with a small signal report. I’ve worked and listened to many unusual stations.
One I worked was a 14 year old American boy running 10w and a skate board through Los Angeles streets. I’ve heard the Australian flying doctors in outback Australia worked ships and aeroplanes and trucks. I’ve worked a ship QE2 off Australia in the Coral sea who gave me a 59 signal report.
My equipment is a new Kenwood TS590SG replacing a Kenwood TS430S and a Kenwood TS850S which I still use. My antenna is a High gain TH3jr at 30 feet high. A tilt over antenna which works great for the DX.
Also I wish to thank ZL3DUG Doug for all the help Doug has given me with my current station I really appreciate your kindness Doug.
73 33 Myrle I Campkin ZL2MIC   Myrle’s QRZ.com page is https://www.qrz.com/db/ZL2MIC
(Ngaire ZL2UJT sent the above article & picture with Season's Greetings from New Zealand to Yls everywhere.)
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Hello from Peru:  
I tell you that after many attempts, I managed to win a Contest as a radio amateur. It's difficult to do it here because I'm the only active radio amateur.
This year I have been climbing positions and in several competitions I obtained 3rd place. I am proud of my achievements and I share them with you.   73, 88 and 33  Sonia E.  OA4DEM
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Parks on the Air (POTA)
is an international radiosport award program that encourages licensed amateur radio operators to operate portable equipment in a variety of parks and public lands.  
The attraction lies in combining the hobby of amateur radio with an outdoor activity. POTA is easy to activate and also suitable for older and less athletic participants.
 POTA issues awards to participants based on a range of criteria including the total number of radio contacts made, number made on each amateur radio band, and for different modes of communication including voice, Morse code or FT8.  
Amateur radio operators who set up a temporary station at a park are known as activators, while others who 'spot' and complete contacts with them are called hunters.  Equipment used is typically small, battery operated, and may have been constructed by the operator themselves. The radio may be hand-held, carried in a backpack or a 'go box', or it could be mounted in a vehicle, as permitted by the park operator.
Activators can signal their intent to be on the air in advance using the POTA website, so that hunters are ready for them. Activators log all the contacts they make and upload them to the POTA website. A successful activation requires a minimum of 10 contacts (QSOs) from a park in the designated list within a single UTC day (Zulu day).

Originally, POTA was an offshoot of the National Parks on the Air programme launched in the United States in 2016. It built on the surge of interest in portable radio operation caused by the ARRL hosting a one-year program called NPOTA to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park System.
World Flora and Fauna (WFF) initiated in 2008 by the Russian Robinson Club (RRC) was relaunched in 2012 as WWFF (World Wide Flora and Fauna). The WWFF activities are essentially the same as the POTA programme.


International Women's Day 2024 YL POTA PARTY
(Parks-on-the-Air): Celebrate Women in Ham Radio!
Event by Shannon Gibney  KC1OHT
This event is open to all female amateur radio operators, regardless of POTA experience.
What to expect:
Activate a park during the 24-hour event window. Submit your POTA activations and share your experiences with other participants.
Connect with other YLs from around the world. Share stories, tips, and support.
Learn more about POTA and how to get involved.

Why participate?
Celebrate the achievements of women in ham radio.
Connect with other YLs and build a supportive community.
Have fun and enjoy the POTA hobby.

How to participate:
Activate a park during the 24-hour event window
Submit your POTA activations to the POTA database.
Share your experiences and photos on social media using the hashtag #YL_POTA_Party.
We encourage you to wear pink and/or decorate your station to show your support for International Women's Day!
Spread the word and invite your friends to join the party!
Together, we can make this a memorable event for all YLs in ham radio!

Here are some additional details about the event:
Date: March 8th, 2024
Location: Any POTA park (or hunt POTA from home!)
Frequency: Any amateur radio frequency within your license class
Hashtag: #YL_POTA_Party
We look forward to hearing you on the air!
Note: This event is not sponsored by the Parks On The Air Foundation.
Here are some resources that you may find helpful:
POTA website: https://parksontheair.com/
We hope you have a wonderful International Women's Day!

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Calendar Jan. 2024
Jan 1      CQ DX Marathon starts
Jan 1      Straight Key Night  0000 UTC - 2359 UTC. ARRL  CW party
Jan 2 -7  JARL (Japan) (09:00 to 21:00(JST) CQ NEW YEAR PARTY  2024
               annual QSO party for 132 hours for 6 days
Jan 6      ARRL Kids Day
Jan 6      Ham Radio University 2024- 25h event Saturday, Brookville, NY (USA)
Jan 9 - 16  Ganga Sagar Mela pilgramage. Sagar Island,India (IOTA AS-153)  AT24GSM
Jan 13    YB DX Contest (Indonesia) 2024 annualy 2nd week every January
Jan 21 – 27  QuartzFest ARRL Convention, Sonoran desert USA.

Feb 16 - 18       16th  "American Lighthouse Weekend",
March 8         International Women’s Day

yl.beam #123 dec 2023

Contents

• Welcome New AR Operators  Susan Smith ZS1SM    Radio ZS August 1971
• 5J3L  COLOMBIA YL TEAM.  
• Santa on the Air
• The Dutch Young Ladies Club (PI4YLC)
• YL NTX Weekly Net  8th Anniversary
• Minority Radio Operators HAM RADIO WOMEN  
• 33   Contact & Calendar

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Welcome New AR Operators
YL’s from the SARL October RAE. 2023   – hope you will operate for many years.
ZU1JC Jamie
ZS3ANT Janetta ZS3KW Kayla
ZS3NE Nelmarie ZS3RK Reinette
ZS3RM Rosemarie
ZS4BE Bianca ZS4DE Desiré
ZS4MMS Mariette ZS4SW Sonja
ZS5ALM Adele ZS5DLT Daniele
ZS5ZUA Ashleigh
ZR6ME Melanie ZS6JCD Judith
ZS6SHJ Sonette ZS6TES Therese
Div 1 x 1; Div 3 x 5; Div 4 x 4; Div 5 x 3; Div 6 x 4 = 17

History SA Women's Radio Club
Susan Smith ZS1SM    Radio ZS August 1971
Susan turned 17 on May 23, 1971, 10 days after passing her technical operators exam.  
She is in Matriculation class at Sans Souci Girls High Newlands (CT)
Father (Sid ZS1PF) helped her with her radio studies. She passed her Morse test and received her license 30 June 1971 Her interest was stimulated by 16 year old Rodney ZS6ALL, believed to be the yougest operator.
News of Susan's achievement and passion for the hobby saw her soon receive a letter from SAWRC President Diana Green ZS6GH, inviting her to join the ' SA Women's Radio Club.. ' which Susan did.. and when SAWRC needed a new ' Trophy's manager ' a few months later, she volunteered for the task... Following through on her belief/commitment quoted above... “Ham radio is a thing you can't do casually or half-heartedly – it is really fantastic.. “
Susan was SAWRC Trophy's manager for a fair period, but when family and work life needed more attention as well, a new trophy's manager was appointed by the SAWRC.
(The above note by Irvine Green, ZS6BPE)

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5J3L  COLOMBIA YL TEAM.
This special callsign in celebration of  90 years Colombian Amateur Radio League  
 was activated November 18 - 19, 2023 by a group of Colombian radio amateur women on different frequencies, contributing to the stimulation of Colombian amateur radio. Scoring was weighted in favour of the lady operators who made QSO contact with the 11 official stations and with other Yls

 Sat, 4 Nov, Hi, Ladies. Are you aware of the Colombian contest 90th years of the Colombian Radio Amateur League, and the special call sign 5J3L, operated by YL! (I hope to operate it for a while).Patricia Suarez  HK3IWL
 HJ3PDN, Gloria Castasño. Sent a reminder 13 Nov, 2023
Editor: Regretfully this notice was received too late to include in the last newsletter. We did our best however  to 'share' it across Facebook. Hope to receive a report-back on how the event was supported and about the lady operators.
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 Santa on the Air (NØP) UHF/VHF/Echolink
Santa on the Air (NØP) in Northern Colorado. For the 3rd straight year LARC (Longmont Amateur Radio Club) along with NCARC (Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club) are helping kids get into the holiday spirit by talking to Santa on the radio at the North Pole. This year Mrs. Claus will also be joining in for a few nights, due to Santa's busy schedule.
Santa will be available on the following dates and times:
November 27 - December 10, 2023
5PM-7PM MT - 0:00AM-2:00AM Zulu (UTC)
LARC repeaters (147.270 (+) 100/100; 448.800 (-) 88.5/88.5  
NCARC Repeater:  447.700 - 100.0/100.0
also on Echolink node WØENO-R 8305.
 Santa will be sending all the kids (inexperienced and experienced) a QSL card.
Santa will be waiting to hear from you!
If you are interested in helping with this event, Especially you Santa's out there, contact Elf "Chucky" at kØitp@wØeno.org   Merry Christmas  and hope to hear you on the air!!
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Mariëtte PA1ENG, Claudia PA5CT, Dieuwertje PD4JUF en Suzan PD3SZN

The Dutch Young Ladies Club (PI4YLC) guest at PI4RS
Since 2012, we have been active with a team under the call PI4YLC from various locations in the Netherlands. For example, we once started with a contest team at PI4TUE in Eindhoven, we did a field day set-up in Ell, we were guests at OMs and YLs' homes and there were activities at departments of the associations.
This time we visited: Radio Scouting! According to their website: “Radio Scouting is a group of enthusiastic scouts who are interested in technology and communication. Our group consists of a number of radio amateurs and youth members of various scouting associations.” And we noticed that enthusiasm!
The Dutch Young Ladies Club had been invited by Bas PD7BDN to his QTH in The Hague, and if corona had not thrown a spanner in the works, we would have held a real YL meet-with contest in March 2020. All preparations were done at the time, the posters were made, the promotion was put online... but we had to cancel it. Fortunately, Bas' invitation remained, which he reminded us of every now and then. After more than three years, the time had finally arrived on the weekend of October 7 and 8. 2023 - PI4YLC was a guest at PI4RS!
With a small group of YLs from different parts of the world we went to The Hague to participate in the Thracian Rose Club DX contest (see website). A 36-hour contest, where the aim is to make as many QSOs as possible in CW and SSB, mainly with TRC members. It turned out to be a quiet contest, but we had no less fun because of it. You can make progress in a shack like that! We also had two great extra YL operators: Alexandra and Vlinder. We made a total of 262 QSOs in CW and SSB.
When it turned out on Sunday morning that there was little to do in the TRC DX contest, we also decided to call CQ on the 40m band. We put our call on the air and made about 100 QSOs in a short time. It's also nice to draw attention to the Dutch Young Ladies Club again in this way.
During our radio activities we were technically supported by the OMs of PI4RS. Thank you Bas PD7BDN, Ronald PB7TT and Jaimy PD1DBL for your support in this. The food was also very good! We had of course brought something with us for coffee, but Esther, Bas' wife, had provided dinner. We felt very spoiled!
Thank you for the hospitality, the nice conversations, the conviviality and especially the warm welcome! We would love to come back to Radio Scouting in The Hague!
Proud 2B PI4YLC at PI4RS!    Posted on 12/10/2023 by PA1ENG
https://www.pi4ylc.nl/2023/10/12/pi4ylc-te-gast-bij-pi4rs/
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YL NTX Weekly Net Celebrates 8 years on-Air
Started  November 2015, our 8th anniversary has come and gone.  And for all the organizations and nets promoting women on the radio, the issue remains.  How do we promote and encourage more women to get on the air in order to increase our numbers in a male dominated hobby?  That's a hard question to answer.  So let's flip it and ask... What keeps you coming back to the net (or the bands) week after week and how do we use that to attract other women of like mindedness?   Is it friendship, inclusiveness, fun conversation, science nerdiness, weather spotting, traffic handling, etc?  Let us know.   KC5BOO Judy Cox  14 Nov 2023

 YL NTX Weekly Net on Monday nights at 8pm on 145.39 - 167.9, ECHOLINK node— 432882 or search for KG5BHY-L.
 UTC -6 / 0100z   20:00 Central Standard Time (CST).
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Minority Radio Operators HAM RADIO WOMEN  
Did you know that, according to the ARRL, only 15% of American amateur radio operators are YL's?  Of that 15%, there is a minority of YL's who are active.  Of those who are active, many are content to remain at the technician level, which is fine.  But, the higher the license class, the fewer the YL's you're likely to find.  
Female amateur radio operators have a very long and distinguished history.  From the very beginning of ham radio, women have been a part of it.  And, if truth be told, YL's tend to have a natural inclination to operating a radio - Why do you suppose that it was the women who were the premiere telephone operators?  Over the years, guys struggled to learn Morse, but the girls tended to be adept at CW.  (Just sayin'!)
As amateurs, we are familiar with the international ham "73" which means "best regards".  But did you know that there is a female version of "73"?  It is used from YL to YL and I like to think it means a bit more that just "best regards".  I like to think it means, "You go, girl!"  
So for those of us female hams, you might notice we say "33' to each other.  It's an acknowledgement of our history and our YL tradition. Personally, I'd like to see more YL's who are active hams and use "33".
   33 de NS7X, MaryAnn Cornett   17 Oct 2023
The Birth of 33! https://ylrl.net/33-2/       
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December  2023
"Association des YL de France" was born end of 2015
Dec 1-31  PA23XMAS PD23SANTA   PH23XMAS  Netherlands celebrate Christmas 2023.
Dec 1- 31 Jan 2024  PD24HNY/PH24HNY "Happy24" New Year
Dec 1-31   YOTA Month  (Youth-on-the-Air)
Dec 7-15   Chanukah
Dec 16 – Jan 1, 2024 Lighthouse Christmas Lights (LCL) https://arlhs.com/ 
Dec 22      Indonesia  celebrates Mothers Day
Dec 24      Christmas Eve morning, SAQ Grimeton sends Christmas message
                  using the 200kW Alexanderson alternator, on 17.2 kHz CW.
Dec 26      Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race (78th)  628 NM starts 1300 Tuesday
Dec 28 – Jan 31 PH24HNYSpecial Event Happy New Year, Netherlands

Jan 21-27, 2024 Quartzfest, Arizona,USA (desert camping) https://quartzfest.org/