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As recognition and appreciation
special merits in amateur radio
the board of DARC awarded me the
Silver badge of honor
with the number 27

OZ6SYL - 2013...2024

As the first non-Scandinavian YL
I became a member of this group and
during the meeting 2013 in Roskilde
was the first to put the callsign OZ6SYL on the air.
During every subsequent stay in Denmark, I operated under this callsign - also in the CW part of the
Scandinavian Activity Contest.
From 2013 to 2024 there were
8250 CW QSOs in the log.
The new QSL designed by DL3KWS
has been sent out since 2023.
The next meeting will take place in Iceland in May 2025.
See also https://www.sylra.is


The independent group Scandinavian YL Radio Amateurs (SYLRA) was founded in Copenhagen in 2003. Every two years they meet in a different Scandinavian country. The anniversary meeting took place
on 19 August 2023 at the Tivoli in Copenhagen.


.......................................2022 and 2023 again on Madeira - CT9

To make way to possible pandemic problems, we had moved also 2022 the CT9 trip to November. As in 2021 the island with pleasant temperatures received us. We have shortened the everyday excursions something, as here early arrival saves parking space in the destination as well as in the hotel.
This time we were staying 4 weeks at the new reconstructed and furnished Hotel Royal Orchid. Everything really very nicely …, however, a LED chain of lights made QRM with S9 on all HF bands.
The radio operation were adapted to it: CT9/DL3KWR in the afternoon CW and CT9/DL3KWF in the evening FT8 without lights
on the radio desk. Total 3570 QSOs in the logs: 15% "normal-CW-QSOs", contest-CW-QSOs 37% and in FT8 (favour 30m) 48%.
Equipment: IC-7100 with tuner AH-4 and vertical antenna 7.2 m.

From the 24.02 to 27.03.2023 we were again on Madeira. It was the last 4-week stay on the flower island. The LED-QRM admitted only limited radio communication like in November, 2022: CT9/DL3KWR with daylight in CW and in the evening CT9/DL3KWF mainly in FT4/FT8. The propagation were clearly better on the upper bands, so that the 30-metre band was not served any more. The participation in UBA- and in the RA-DX contest was sure in CW. Total came 5760 QSOs to our logs:
CT9/DL3KWR 1810 CW-QSOs, CT9/DL3KWF 650 QSOs in CW and in 3300 in FT4/FT8.

Since 1996 we were more than 80 weeks guests on the island Madeira. Under CT3 and from 2010 under CT9 we have presented with more than 100,000 QSOs this wonderful island to radio friends in more than 200 countries - each of us the half of the QSOs. 93.1% CW and 6.9% DIGI - 55.6% of all QSOs on the WARC bands.
Now it is more and more an arduous journey for us with the equipment. Thus it is probable that 2023 was our last year with radio activity on Madeira. How every concert ends only after an addition, we have booked for October 10 days at the hotel Royal Orchid. The management also wants to provide again a sunshade foot to the stabilisation of the antenna on the balcony...
Slow-moving radio operation
Vertical antenna on the balcony
Balance hold? - no problem!

OH1SYL - 2022

From 18 to 21 August 2022, the meeting of the Scandinavian Young Ladies Radio Amateurs (SYLRA) planned for 2021 was held in Turku took place.
This was followed by an optional tour to the fortress island of Katanpää until 24.08.
in the Bothnian Sea National Park.
IOTA EU-096 - OHFF-40 - KPØØOO.
Here was operated for two days in
SSB and CW.
The transceiver IC-7300 and the windom antenna were provided by OH1TX.
SSB-OPs were GØAJJ, OH5FN, OH5KIZ, OZ7AGR, TF3VB and TF3VD.
CW operator: DL3KWR
A total of 416 QSOs were logged:
182 in SSB and 234 in CW.
QSL via OH5KIZ.






CT9 - Madeira 2021
We had our for March, 2021 planned trip moved caused by Corona to November. With a registration at the health authorities of the island were immigration and stay no problem. To experience Madeira in autumn, is also miraculous.
The propagation conditions did not meet expectations. The attenuation on the higher bands weakened the signals of Europe known from other years by about 3 S-stages. Short-term QSB and digital QRM from the house became a problem. Only the signals from longer distances (e.g. LU or ZL) were stable.
It came about 700 QSOs to the log - so little as never before.
Station as since 2010: TRX IC-7000, tuner AH-4, aerial 7 m vertically
at the same hotel Cais da Oliviera, Canico de Baixo, IM12OP 04ID






Holiday and radio operation 08.-22.09.2020: OZ6SYL
Two week in the nature of Denmark. Very nice to see the visitors roe deer, squirrel, many birds ...
The propagation was not the best; especially the 17m band was missing. But indifferent:
QSO is a QSO also on the 40 m band. At last was 907 QSOs in the log - 600 of them got in the CW part of the Scandinavian Activity Contest. Paper cards are sure, eQSLs are uploaded.
Thank you to Inger, OZ7AGR, for the permission to use again the call sign of SYLRA: OZ6SYL.
TRX: IC-7000, antenna: 10 m vertical connected by tuner AH-4, software: Win-Test.
Trophy winner of most active scandinavian YL of the SAC CW part.

Under the special call sign DM3ØRSV I had on the 4/22/2020 my
200 000. QSO !

CT9 - Madeira 2020
Our for 4 weeks planned trip we had finished untimely. After the RA-DX-Contest we flew back with stops in Lisbon and Amsterdam.
Including RA-DX-Contest (20m) came only 1390 QSOs (from a total of 2525) to my log, most QSOs were on 17 m and 30 m.

Photo: On our everyday tours over the island sports devices are also used.
Here in Funchal in the seaside promenade behind the base station of the cablecar Funchal - Monte


OZ6SYL 09.-23.09.2019
OP: DL3KWR - QTH Faxe Ladeplads - JO65BE - EU-029
TRX IC-7000 - tuner AH-4 - antenne vertikal 10m in a tree
575 "normal" CW QSOs, 635 QSOs in Scandinavian Activity Contest
Best Scandinavian YL in SAC 2019
QSL: eQSLs are uploaded, paper cards are sure, QSL via bureau to OZ7AGR.
OZ6SYL is the Danish clubstation of the group
Scandinavian Young Ladies Radio Amateurs (SYLRA) - visit also www.sylra.is


These trophies
are a present on the occasion of mine
80. Birthday

Small statistics after
44 years
of amateur radio

193 000 QSOs
250 countries
1200 entities
2500 prefixes
1500 locators
780 contestes
98% CW
600 awards
57 diff. calls
20 diff. countries
3 CW clubs
6 YL clubs


......

TM64YL

The French YL Association had invited for the time from the 25th to the 31st August 2018 to a YL expedition on the island Noirmoutier (EU-064 IOTA).
16 YLs from 4 countries was coming. They had operated with from 3 to 4 stations in parallel.
My part: 940 CW QSOs almost only on 20 m - IC-7000 TRX, Ant. R-6000


World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 in Germany

VOTA Award
Volunteers On The air - assistants of the WRTC 2018 - give the VOTA numbers necessary for this certificate.
Infos in addition see
http://dcl.darc.de/~dcl/public/index.php

My VOTA-no.: DL-067


Membership of
Russian CW-CLUB
RCWC
No. 1022
http://rcwc.ru

The special
contest success
in my
jubilee year -
40 years of amateur radio

Membership of
PRO-CW-CLUB
no. 103

Professional Radio Operators CW Club

www.pro-cw-club.blogspot.de

The stamp
is executable by mail -
a present
of my family

design DL3KWS

CT9/DL3KWR
05.03.-02.04.2015

2790 QSOs
including RA-DX-Contest
100 % CW
QSL: eQSL, LoTW,
via bureau if you wish

new: paddle UNI-730A
from China via IK5HHA
International YL Meeting
Island 2014
Receipt by the president of the republic Iceland
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

150 000 QSOs

The jubilee-QSO got on the 13th April, 2014 in the Gagarin contest in my log.

(CW-QSO with IZ4JMA)

CT9/DL3KWR

06.03.-20.03.2014
Hotel Royal Orchid
22.03.-01.04.2014
Hotel Cais da Oliveira, ex Tropical

3 434 CW-QSOs - 66% WARC
incl. RADX contest
EQSLs are uploaded
paper cards on request
Total 35 000 QSOs from Madeira

OZ6SYL
22.-25.08.2013 SYLRA-Meeting
(Scandinavian YL Radio Amateurs)
QRV at hotel Prindsen in Roskilde
with IC-7100 as remote radio

100% eQSL and
100% traditional QSLs via bureau
manager OZ7AGR

more info see "Radio Operation"

CT9/DL3KWR

07.03.-21.03.2013
Hotel Royal Orchid
21.03.-04.04.2013
Hotel Cais da Oliveira, ex Tropical

3 050 CW-QSOs - 54% WARC
incl. RADX contest
EQSLs are uploaded
paper-cards on request OK

CT9/DL3KWR

08.03.-22.03.2012
Hotel Royal Orchid Canico de Baixo
22.03.-05.04.2012
Hotel Tropical Canico de Baixo

2 535 CW QSOs - 50% WARC
incl. RADX contest - eQSLs are uploaded - paper cards on request

125 000 QSOs

The Jubilee-QSO got on the 17th November, 2011
in the LZ DX contest in my log.
(CW-QSO with RN3AAB - Sergey in Moscow)

YL- radio activities
of district Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
from 01.06. to 31.07.2011
on the occasion of
FIFA Women's World Cup 2011

CT9/DL3KWR

10.03.-24.03.2011
Hotel Royal Orchid Canico de Baixo
24.03.-07.04.2011
Hotel Tropical Canico de Baixo

3 371 CW-QSOs - 54% WARC
incl. RADX- and SPDX-contest
EQSLs are uploaded,
paper-cards on request OK

CT9/DL3KWR
11.03.-06.04.2010

4313 CW QSOs
inclusive RADX and SPDX contest
QSL via DL-QSL-Bureau - email request
QSL via eqsl.cc are 100% uploaded

Population and government of Madeira had removed the storm results of the 2/20/2010 in admirable operation as much as possible.

 

23.10.2024