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.
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
*****
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!
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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
