Alex Discovers Amateur Radio

21 It has always been the custom to refer to female Radio Hams as YLs (Young Ladies). When she became the second female Radio Amateur Nell Corry took the call sign G2YL. BYLARA is the British Young Ladies Amateur Radio Association and has the Club call sign M0BYL. There is a quarterly Newsletter and the BYLARA AWARD is available for working BYLARA members and other YLs. Information can be found at http://bylara.org.uk/ Wow, whoever that guy is his CW is FAST . That sounds like someone who knows what they are doing. Probably about 35 words per minute . Let’s go and see who it is. Guy or GIRL!! Dad!! Hi Alex. WOW, your Dad is really good! Cool – can we talk to Australia? And astronauts on the International Space Station, and Moonbounce, and D-STAR, and VOIP? And to Mady on the local repeater? …I was hoping you and I could get involved with Amateur Radio – me for the second time, you for the first. …I’ve had an Amateur Radio Licence since I was your age, but I haven’t been active in the hobby since we moved here. It’s no accident we came out this way today… How did you… … Alex and Mady were chatting with Rick at his Amateur Radio Club’s National Field Day weekend … when they heard some fast Morse Code being sent… Barbara Dunne licenced as G6YL in 1927 was the first UK, and European, female Radio Amateur. and in Europe, was in 1926