ZS6GH 1949 South Africa

Licenced 1938

YL Operator: Diana Green formerly Diana Tuck ZS6GH
Born in New Zealand 22 April 1916 - sk 27 July 1997, age 81

Married Reg Green ZS6J circa 1952-55. Son Irvine Green born 1955, licenced ZS6BPE 1976.
Reg Green ZS6J born 1911, licenced 1933, died 26 June 1993

ZS6GH 1946 Call Book Miss Diana Tuck, 1 Sundale Ct., 151 Muller Street, Bellevue, Johannesburg
ZS6GH 1951 QSL Miss Diana Tuck, 21 Flemington, 65 Pope Street, Bellevue, Johannesburg
Post-marriage – shared with ZS6J - P.O. Box 7028 Johannesburg
ZS6J 1946 Call Book R.E. Green55, Main Street, Rosettenville, Johannesburg

From May 1948 Short Wave Magazine (U.K.) –
“G3ACC Margaret has met ZS6GH, the YL who has travelled almost round the world, visiting amateurs and collecting her QSLs in person “

From Vancouver Sun, B.C., Canada, Saturday November 1 1947 page 55 – “A South African Sun Ray looks us over” (half page article with picture).

From her son Irvine Green ZS6BPE – e-mail to SARL magazine in 2001 -
“My mom was the first Jewish radio ham in South Africa. She started the South African Women’s Radio Club and ran it for thirty years or so “{She was in fact first joint secretary – see later notes}.
She kept in touch with Louisa Sando, Evelyn Scott and many others, including Maxine Willis W6UHA, and wrote for CQ Magazine (Louisa’s YL Notes)’
"We, as a family, also did DX Expeditions to the “Homelands” in South Africa – H5ADX H5ASC V9ADX between 1980 and 1989."

{Louisa Sando W5RZJ was editor of CQ Magazine YL column from 1947 for many years.
In 1958 she self-published “CQ YL “, a superb 164-page paperback illustrated history of YL operators from 1915)

The South African Women’s Radio Club
The August 1975 issue of “Radio ZS”. The journal of the South African Radio League carried an article by Diana Green ZS5GH “The History of the SA Women’s Radio Club.”
The Club was founded on 2 June 1952 and at that time was the only YL Club in the Southern Hemisphere; it was affiliated to the South African Radio League.
It started with 33 members and by the end of 1952 they had 71.
The club was very active in the 1950’s and 1960’s with over 120 YL members and even had its own magazine, YL Beam, which regularly comprised of over 18 pages.
It even had a Christmas edition of 30 pages. It was printed on a duplicator.

Diana recorded that she had spent sixteen years on Council, being President for twelve years and Secretary on four occasions, in addition to being editor of YL Beam on numerous occasions.

In 1976 she received the Jack Twine Award (a merit award for her activities), Jack Twine, a pre-war op., was between 1946 and 1952 Chairman of the Cape Town Ham Club.

QSL from the estate of W9ANS / W6VFR / W6RF
Info courtesy of G4UZN, W5KNE