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and is keen on CW. She rag-chews with friends, chases DX and
takes part in contests. Although operating time is limited due to

the amount of school work she has. She first got into radio be-
cause of her dad (EI3KM) who took her along to local club events.

She is an active member of the Kerry Amateur Radio Group and
the National Short Wave Listeners Club.(NSWLC) in Ireland. She

started rag-chewing with friends in CW and now over 80% of her

QSOs are in CW. She is an operator at EI7M, a Contest group in
Youngsters-On-The-Air Cork, Ireland. While her main interest is contesting, she likes
Beatriz Maria Scaramelli Rosa Pata, PU2PRM (from Campinas, Award chasing and is currently trying to get her DXCC. She also
SP), who practices CW and is part of the CWSP operators group, loves the social aspect of the hobby and meeting people that she
now has a new call sign: PY2BIA. At age 13 she celebrates gaining has met through radio, in person.
her B-class . Beatriz is part of a family passionate about CW and
amateur radio. Her parents, PY2PI and PY2QL are part of our Women On The Radio Award, November 2022
team. Our sincerest congratulations to Beatriz on her achieve- Ham Radio Award by YL’s - This Award is designed to make visible
ment! Certainly an example and pride for the CW Group of São the activity of women in amateur radio and in support of Novem-
Paulo. ber 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women. It is held annually during November (15 to 30th,
Irish Magic on Air 2022) only SSB mode is used so that female voices are heard on

Amateur Radio Europe, 12 Dec. 2022 the air. Award categories are named for outstanding women who
The World Radio Team Champion- have defended women’s rights:
ships (WRTC), the Olympic Games of 2022 - Marie Curie, Hedy Lamarr & Valentina Tereshkova
Amateur radio, are held every four The WOTRA Team 2022 (Awardng stations were): Argentina -
years and will be held in Italy in LU3FCA Patricia & LU3GDT Teresa; Cuba - CO8MGY Zulema; Spain
2023. For the first time since the - EC!YL Angelas; Austria - HZ1HZ / OE3LZA Laila; Germany -
WRTC started, an Irish amateur will be competing. Megan EI5LA DF4RBM Marleen & DL5PIA Petra; Ireland - EI5IXB Ana.
along with Leon DL3ON will make up Youth Team 6 in the compe- https://wotra.home.blog/?fbclid=IwAR3_M_VYiAg-
tition. EI5LA Megan Lorenz was licensed in Sept. 2021 at age 14 SmSFQdVF_JtxSp0d8HjAuzZs8ieUAoBrlJL2XwhlrpmI-mM

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