Something ya'll may want to look out for tomorrow

To celebrate International Women's Day - Amateur Radio style!

From the ARRL website:

YLRL Celebrates International Women's Day with Special Event

03/01/2024

The Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) is hosting an International Women's Day YL Parks on the Air® (POTA) Party from 0000Z - 2359Z on March 8.

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This year's theme is Inspire Inclusion.

To celebrate the day, the goal of this special event is to activate any POTA park during the 24-hour event window using any mode and frequency within your license class. Contacts can be submitted to the POTA database. YLRL encourages participants to wear pink, decorate their station, and to share experiences and photos on social media using the hashtag #YL_POTA_Party.

The YLRL was founded in 1939 by Ethel Smith, K4LMB (SK), who was the group's first president, and it continues to use her call sign today. She served as the Section Emergency Coordinator for the ARRL Virginia Section from 1966 - 1969, and later as ARRL Assistant Director for four different Roanoke Division Directors. In 1972, she received the ARRL Roanoke Division Service Award.

The YLRL will celebrate its 85th year in July 2024.

On another note - you never know when you're going to get lucky. My regular readers will probably raise their eyebrows or roll their eyes at this one - you know how often I complain about how chilly it is in the shack during winter. Ad nauseum, right? Yes, you're right - too much complaining!

Well, those days are over! 

I found this Duraflame electric space heater at my local ShopRite for $39.99. It will heat a room up to 400 square feet and my little shack section of the basement is a lot smaller than that. But here's the best part - I looked this model up on Amazon, and not only is it a best seller, but it also goes for a regular price of $79.99.  This bad boy was on sale for only this week, and they only had three or four left, so I made sure to nab one, as I'll take 1/2 price anytime! I may not need it much more this season as we're getting into warmer weather now and Spring (astronomical Spring, not meteorological Spring) is less than two weeks away. It begins on St. Joseph's Day, March 19th this year. So I'll have this for chilly Autumns and cold Winters to come. No more sitting in a 58F (14C) shack! Yay!

72 de Larry W2LJ

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