{"id":28335,"date":"2011-11-02T20:57:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T18:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/?p=28335"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:21:26","slug":"sexy-qsl-cards-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/ham-radio-news\/sexy-qsl-cards-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexy QSL Cards collection & YL in HAM Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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XE0YL Story<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Another Sexy QSL cards Collection from HAMGallery.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

YL’s in HAM Radio<\/strong><\/p>\n

In landline railroad telegraphy, operators traditionally had referred to each other as OM (“old man”). The term YL was coined in 1920 by the American Radio Relay League for young ladies of all ages, as “OM will not fit and OL would certainly be most inapplicable.”<\/p>\n

The first known North American YL operators include Miss M. S. Colville, XDD, of Bowmanville, Ontario in 1914 and Emma Chandler of St. Mary’s, Ohio (8NH, W8NH) in 1915. The first women to be licensed as radio amateurs in the United Kingdom were Barbara Dunn G6YL and Nelly Corry G2YL in the early 1930’s.<\/p>\n

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. The CW abbreviation “33”, which means “love sealed with friendship and mutual respect between one YL and another YL”, was coined by Clara Reger, W2RUF and adopted officially by YLRL in 1940. The first YLRL convention was held in Santa Monica, CA on June 24-25, 1955.<\/p>\n

During WW2 Canadian women served as wireless operators aboard the Norwegian merchant navy as they were prohibited from serving in this position aboard Canadian merchant ships in that era.<\/p>\n

A poem about the origin of the YL 33, “Birth of the Thirty-Three”, was written in honour of Clara Reger and her accomplishments both in the establishment of the YLRL and her longtime efforts to teach Morse code to new operators.<\/p>\n

(From Margaret Dunn, KC7LXS, who got it from Terrie, AB7PX – original author is unknown.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Clara had her ticket
\nShe also had a rig
\nBecause she was just startin
\nIt wasn\u2019t very big.
\nShe slowly tuned the crystal,
\nAnd watched the meter drop.
\nThen tapped the key a couple times
\nTo be sure it wouldn\u2019t stop.
\nNow everything was ready.
\nShe called a short CQ
\nAnd received an answer
\nOn thirty-six sixty-two.
\nThey chewed the fat \u2018bout stuff and things.
\n\u2018bout dresses, work and dates.
\nThey finally called it QRT
\nThe girl sent eighty-eights.
\nClara thought it might funny
\nWhether it be Miss. or Mrs.
\nTo end a perfect QSO
\nBy sending \u201cLove and Kisses\u201d
\nIt sounds too sentimental;
\nJust a little too much \u201cgoo\u201d
\nTo be sending \u201cLove and Kisses\u201d
\nTo a girl the same as you.
\nFor an entire week she pondered;
\nWouldn\u2019t even touch the rig.
\nShe pushed her slide rule by the hour,
\nEmploying \u201clogs\u201d and \u201ctrig\u201d.
\nShe added and subtracted.
\nWhat could the answer be?
\nTo reach a happy medium
\nTwixt eighty-eight and seventy-three.
\nClara finally looked up from her work
\nAll smiles and not forlorn.
\nTwas July in Nineteen Forty
\nThat thirty-three was born.
\nThere\u2019s no real definition
\nBut it\u2019s meaning is known well.
\nIt\u2019s how a YL says good evening
\nTo another friend YL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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