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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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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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
