Contents
French YL Dxpedition Ile
de Noirmoutier
YLRL 2018 Convention
Blog - YLs helping YLs
(YL) Anica, 9A7SSY -
Savudrija lighthouse- 200th anniversary celebration
ILLW - 21st ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE / LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND
Marconi & “Elettra”
princess & yacht
YLC 4th Anniversary 25-26
August, 2018
38TH ALARA CONTEST
25-26 August, 2018
QRZ & Calendar
French YL Dxpedition Ile de Noirmoutier
TM64YL - Noirmoutier Island- 25 - 31 August 2018.
F4GDI Christine the chairman of the french YL group is
organising an expedition to the island of Noirmoutier
Island, IOTA EU - 064
They will operate on HF Bands. QSL via F4GHS.
Address for direct QSL: CHRISTINE CARREAU, 13 CHEMIN
AUX BOEUFS, GUECELARD, 72230, France.
Operators:
Mado F1EOY Christine F4GDI Claudine F5JER
Evelyne
F5RPB
Johanna DJ5YL Siggi DK2YL Michaela DL1TM Rosel
DL3KWR
Dora HB9EPE
Eva HB9FPM Chantal HB9FRC Gabriela HB9GNP
Anna TF3VB Vala TF3VD
Ile de Noirmoutier [46.9872°
N, 2.2693° W] Coordinates 46°58′N
- 2°13′W
An island off the Atlantic coast of France in the Vendée
department, it is only half a mile off the west coast and
is connected to the mainland by a bridge, Le pont de l'île
de Noirmoutier; and the causeway 'Passage du Gois'. This 3
mile long cobble paved causeway is only open during low
tide. Le Gois is visited by thousands of visitors a year who
come to watch the road emerging from the sea as the ebbing
tide recedes, or to see Le Gois disappear below the waves.
Others come to collect the shell fish on the vast silted
mudflats exposed at low tide.
The Island’s only deep water harbour Port de
l'Herbaudiere on the northern tip of the island, has
trawlers, crab and lobster fishing boats and a pleasure boat
marina.
The Island is 49 km2 (19 sq mi); 20 kilometres long and
at its widest 7 kilometres; two thirds of it being below
sea level, with some 50 kilometres of beaches. The landscape
of the island is one of low lying fields, salt pans and
marshes protected by sand dunes, dikes and forests. Walking
and cycling are the best ways to explore during the holiday
season. The highest point on the island elevation 20 m (70
ft, )is at the Château de Noirmoutier from which you can get
a panoramic view of the island.
YLRL 2018 Convention
The Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) 2018 Convention, is
in Oklahoma City, OK. organized by YLRL district 5 and only
happens once every 3-4 years.
YL Convention Speakers: Digital Modes - Ria Jairam N2RJ
(YLRL District 2 chair) ; Rovering - Andrea Slack K2EZ;
DXpedition Holiday Style - Carol Milazzo KP4MD ;
&Banquet Keynote Speaker Nancy Hall KC4IYD, NASA
research scientist.
YLs helping YLs
That's what Niece KA1ULN. Believes - Go to her blog site
about Yls in Amateur Radio and STEM (Science Technology,
Engineering, Math.)
blog link http://ka1uln.blogspot.com/
(YL) Anica, 9A7SSY - Savudrija lighthouse - 200th
anniversary celebration
Members of the Radio Club Croatian Flora Fauna will be
celebrating 200th anniversary of the Savudrija lighthouse
using the special callsign 9A200S. (9A two_hundred S)
Franjo, 9A2MF, a former lighthouse keeper at various
lighthouses around the Istria peninsula, is responsible for
this operation. He and his wife Anica, 9A7SSY, spent 4 years
at the Savudrija lighthouse as its lighthouse keepers. Both
of them are members of Radio Club Croatian Flora Fauna.
Activities will be on all bands and modes from March 1st
until end of December 2018.
QSL 9A200S via 9A2MF.
For more details, see: https://9aff.wordpress.c
Savudrija Lighthouse /Punta Salvore - Cape
Savudrija, Croatia
Coordinates 45.489966°N
13.49095°E
Admiralty number E2642 ; NGA
number 11868 ; ARLHS
number CRO-134
Situated at the northern end of the Istrian peninsula
it is the northern-most Croatian lighthouse, situated
right next to Slovenian border and only 56 km south of
Italian town Trieste, at the southern end of the Gulf of
Trieste. (go east from Venice, Italy across the Adriatic)
Savudrija is a small fishing village with the oldest
lighthouse on the Adriatic, built in 1818. At a height of
36m above the sea, the light has a range of 30 nautical
miles. Although automated, the light is still manned by
lighthouse keepers helping to secure and maintain the site.
Rooms within the lighthouse have been made available for
rental. The nearest tourist center - famous destination for
tennis lovers - Umag, is situated only 9 km away. The area
is popular with windsurfers.
ILLW- 21st ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE / LIGHTSHIP
WEEKEND
0001 UTC 18th AUGUST 2018 TO 2400 UTC 19th AUGUST 2018
(48 hours or part thereof).
This year's event is dedicated to the memory of friend
and Publicity Officer of 9 years, Jim Linton VK3PC, who
passed away on 22nd February 2018.
The ILLW is not a contest. There are no prizes,
certificates, or other enticements to participate.
One of the objectives of the ILLW is to encourage the
restoration of lighthouses all around the world.
25 years ago on 28th August 1993 the very first Northern
Lighthouse Weekend Activity took place managed by Mike
Dalrymple GM4SUC of the Ayr Amateur Radio Group; 5 years
later it became known as the International Lighthouse
Lightship Weekend (ILLW)
MARCONI & ELETTRA
“Elettra” the yacht
It was aboard the original Elettra (yacht), which Mr.
Marconi bought in 1919, that the scientist explored
short-wave radio and radar, perfecting the process he used
in 1901 when he sent the first Morse Code letter, a faint
''S,'' across the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1922 Marconi made his first Atlantic crossing in the
"Elettra".
Guglielmo Marconi, so adored his research ship that he
named a daughter after her - Elettra - instead of the other
way around. The ship, which the scientist used as home and
laboratory, was destroyed in World War II, and a piece of
Mr. Marconi's history was lost with it.
The book "Wireless at Sea - The first 50 years" (by HE
Hancock, 1950)
For this picture - Origin: USA - there is the following
description:
"This photograph shows Miss Eleanor Steele of
Schenectady, NY , radio operator on Senator Guglielmo
Marconi's own radio outfit on board his Elettra, while
cruising down the Hudson to Albany, New York, 1922. This is
a very unusual photograph, in that being a radio operator
was considered an extraordinarily masculine job in the
1920's.
MARCONI Wireless On Cape Cod
In 1900, Marconi set up a high-powered transmitting
station at Poldhu, on the English coast at Cornwall and in
1901 he built a wireless station at Signal Hill,
Newfoundland and on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Storms blew
down the aerials at Poldhu on September 17, 1901 and those
on Cape Cod on November 25th. Marconi received the first
transatlantic signal - the three-dot Morse code letter "S"
tapped out from Poldhu on December 12th, 1901 at the
Newfoundland station.
On January 18, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt's
message was tapped out in Morse code from South Wellfleet
(Cape Cod) to King Edward VII at the Poldhu station. It was
to be the first two-way transatlantic communication and the
first wireless telegram between America and Europe.
Princess
Elettra Marconi
Princess
Elettra Marconi Giovanelli of Italy, born in 1930, was the
daughter of Marconi and his second wife, Maria Cristina
Bezzi-Scali. She inherited the Palazzo Marconi in Bologna
in 1936 when she was 6, upon the death of her uncle,
Alfonso, one year before her father’s death on her 7th
birthday. She acquired the title of princess through
marriage to Prince Carlo Giovannelli in 1966.
As
the daughter of the renowned inventor and electrical
engineer Guglielmo Marconi, who won the 1909 Nobel Prize
for his pioneering work in the development of wireless
technology, she has continued to help spread the story of
her father and his influence to people all over the world.
Princess Elettra Marconi visited the site of the Marconi
Wireless Station in Wellfleet on Cape Cod, on May 31,2018,
where she was able to make radio contact with the
Newfoundland site where Marconi received the letter “S” 1901
and made his first transatlantic wireless transmission to
England in 1903.
Princess Elettra Marconi and KM1CC (Marconi Cape Cod
Radio Club) made contact with VO1AA - SONRA (Society of
Newfoundland Radio Amateurs) at Signal Hill, St. John's
Newfoundland, Canada
2018 marks the 115th Anniversary of the first
transatlantic message (1903-2018)
See: Km1cc - Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club (Facebook) for
great pics and videos.
The 20th of July 2018, marked Princess Elettra's 88th
birthday and the day her father died in 1937
– A special greeting from all YLs
YLC (Young Ladies Chile) 4th Anniversary - 25-26
August, 2018
The idea of creating the YLC group was born.from a
conversation between two colleagues, and now, with the
formation of Radio Club YL Chile - CE4YLC, this anniversary
has special relevance.
YLC wants to celebrate the fourth anniversary by inviting
all amateur radio opertors to participate in a contest in
the 40-meter band, in phone mode, during the weekend of
August 25-26, 2018.
The objective, together with celebrating the "Fourth
Anniversary YLC", is to encourage the participation of all
radio amateurs, especially ladies, and to keep our hobby.
active :
Start Saturday, August 25, 2018, at 00:00 Hrs CE
Completion Sunday August 26, 2018, at 24:00 Hrs CE
QSL Address: Leticia San Martin Corrial XQ4NUA
President CE4YLC
ALARA (Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Assoc.) 38TH
CONTEST - 25-26 August, 2018
: All licensed operators throughout the world are invited
to participate.
OBJECT: Participation: YLs work everyone, OMs work YLs
only.
CONTEST: Combined phone and CW run over 24 hours:
STARTS: Saturday 25th August 2018 at 0600 hours UTC
ENDS: Sunday 26th August 2018 at 0559 hours UTC
SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES: All HF Bands to be used except
160m & WARC Bands
Contacts made on Echolink will also be accepted.
CONTEST MANAGER: Mrs Marilyn Syme VK5DMS, alaracontest@wia.org.au
The current Rules have been simplified from last year and
are on the website http://www.alara.org.a
QRZ CONTACTS:
Facebook ‘HAM Yl’ ; SARLNews met Anette Jacobs ZR6D jhjacobsza@gmail.com
yl.beam newsletters Eda zs6ye.yl@gmail.com
Archived at WEST RAND ARC
also Italian Radio Amateurs Union: QTC U.R.I. – La
rivista della Unione Radioamatori Italiani
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26 July, 2018 , Portuguese yls, celebrated 2nd
anniversary!
Calendar - August 2018
2-5 YLRL 2018 Convention in Oklahoma City, OK.
District 5 hosting (USA)
4 European HF Championship2018, 1200Z-2359Z,
first Saturday in August
4 - 5 US National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend
(NLLW)
5 SARL HF
Phone (RSA)
8 -15 YOTA zomerkamp 2018 in de omgeving van
Johannesburg in Zuid Afrika.
9 YL Sprint 12:00
to 14:00 UTC Womens Day (SA) Thurs
14 feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe Dabrowska SP3RN,
patron saint of Amateur Radio,
18-19 ILLW International Lighthouse & Lightship
weekend
19 SARL HF
Digital (RSA)
25.-26. ALARA 38th Contest 2018; CW, SSB Saturday
0600 UTC to Sunday 0559 UTC
25- 31 YL Expédition Internationale - L' île de
Noirmoutier, TM64YL, Iota EU 064
25 - 27 BiWota 2018 – British inland Waterways on the
air
26 SARL HF
CW (RSA)
25-26 YLC contest celebrates 4th aniversary
25-26 JARL Ham Fair 2018 (Japan Amateur Radio League)
at Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake, Tokyo
