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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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 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
