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Sent from my mobile phone -------- Original message -------- From: Chris Medlin via BVARC <[email protected]> Date: 1/7/24 8:44 PM (GMT-06:00) To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Medlin <[email protected]>, anthony moro <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Why not to use XYL Our abbreviated signals are just shorthand. CQ is derived from “seek you” OM is old man. That’s you, Anthony (and me). YL is “Young Lady”… you got that right. A YL can be licensed or non-licensed. When a YL gets married, regardless of License or Non-License, she becomes an Ex-YL, or XYL. Similar to French, if I recall correctly from High School French class (and Phillipe can also correct me) Mademoiselle is the young lady whereas Madam is the married lady. XYL is just the wife. Shouldnt be a statement that someone gets offended over. Of they do, just continue to use the shorthand in CW, where it was likely birthed and she will be none the wiser, unless she knows CW, then its likely she wont care. Chris/AC5CM Typos brought to you by iPhone On Jan 7, 2024, at 16:04, anthony moro via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: So today I was schooled why I shouldn't call a female operator a XYL. So XYL means unlicensed female operator, or ones wife that is an operator. Either way it seems to me that it is not a good idea to say that to you better half if she is an operator. I was given this when I said that. Young Lady The term "Young Lady" derives from a Morse code abbreviation, YL, that is used to refer to female amateur radio operators, regardless of age. (As male operators of any age are addressed as OM or "old man", the non-licensed spouse of an OM is often called an XYL.) -- Anthony Morones W5LIC [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 713-410-3948 ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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