Women in amateur radio

In amateur radio, a YL or Young Lady is a female operator of any age.

History

The first women to be licensed as radio amateurs in the United Kingdom were Barbara Dunn G6YL and Nelly Corry G2YL; both initially went on-air in the early 1930's. The Young Ladies' Radio League, a US-based group created expressly for women in amateur radio, was established in 1939 with membership both in North America and worldwide.

Organisations

Australia

• Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association (ALARA)

Canada

• Canadian Ladies Amateur Radio Association (CLARA)
• Calgary Ladies Amateur Network (CLAN)
• YL Radio

Germany

• DL-YL

Japan

• Japanese Ladies' Radio Society (JLRS)

Netherlands

• PI4YLC Dutch YL Committee

New Zealand

• ZL6YL New Zealand Women Amateur Radio Operators

Russia

• RZ9MYL Radioclub “Pulsar”

United Kingdom

• The British Young Ladies Amateur Radio Association (BYLARA) was founded in April 1979 to further YL operating in Britain

United States

• Young Ladies' Radio League (YLRL)

Contests

• YL certificates and awards

Events

ALARA meet

• 2002 Murray Bridge, South Australia

Asian YL Meeting

• 1993 Osaka

International YL Meeting

• 2002 Palermo

YL World

• 1991 Stockholm
• 1993 Japan
• 1996 Berlin
• 1998 Svalbard
• 2000 New Zealand
• 2002 Sicily

See also

• Clubs and associations
• Ham Radio for Kids

Operating procedures
Operation	Callsigns and ITU prefixes * Codes and Alphabets * Modes * Morse code * Nets * UK licensing * Terminology
DX and Contesting	Awards and Certificates * DXCC * DX cluster * Field day * Gridsquares * Logging * QSL and QSL Bureaus * Records - Distance
Emergencies	Emergency Frequencies * ARES * IRESC * SATERN * Weather spotting
QRP	Trail-Friendly Radio
Utilities	Beacons (/B) and Time Beacons