YLRL is the Young Ladies Radio League. We are an organization of women radio operators, we encourage Young Ladies (YL's) to get on the air with Amateur radio. We also give 2 scholarships each year to licensed YL's going to college of their choice handled by FAR (Foundation for Amateur Radio).
CQYL. What a great book! Have your read it? As a member of YLRL I would encourage everyone to take the opportunity to read this great history of the roll women have played in amateur radio. To purchase a copy contact Lois Gutshall, WB3EFQ. The last edition was published in 1994.
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Hello from Alaska, KL7 land.
As I write this, it is the first day of Winter 2009. The Winter Solstice ishere and that means that we here in Alaska start gaining daylight. Every moment counts when you are down to 4 hours or less in some of the northern areas of Alaska the sun does not rise above the horizon for another month.
Emergency Services
As many of you know, I am also the Emergency Coordinator for the Anchorage ARES district. The state of Alaska Emergency Coordination Center, (SECC) is located in Anchorage. In 2010, the state will hold its tri-annual exercise called Alaska Shield. This will occur 26 APR - 2 MAY. Ham Radio operators from around the state will be participating and myself and Jim Larsen, AL7FS the section manager for Alaska have been asked to be on the planning team for the exercise. For the last few months we have been participating in planning meetings, scenario development meetings and we hope to have VHF and HF operations throughout the exercise. MARS, ARES and RACES will be participating as well as the Alaska National Guard, the US ARMY, USAF, and the communities of Anchorage, Valdez, Cordova, Kodiak and Unalaska.
HAM RADIO CLASSES
During the month of December 2009 I traveled to Cordova Alaska to teach a ham radio class. The community is located on the East side of Prince William Sound. As we prepare for our tri-annual exercise, Alaska Shield 2010, several communities have expressed interest in getting ham radio in their community. Through the help of the local Emergency Manager in Cordova, we were able to travel there by marine ferry and then teach a two day class, Saturday and Sunday and give the exam on Sunday afternoon. With a 100% pass rate, we were able to go from 1 ham operator in the community to 20 in a two day period.
So as you can see the winter is busy with indoor activities.
Please feel free to email me anytime at KL7SP@arrl.net and listen for us trying to check in on the National YLRL net on Thursdays at 0100 UTC from Alaska.
Hope you have a wonderful winter season.
33,
Heather
KL7SP
