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Girls In Ham Radio

Welcome to Girls In Ham Radio!

Our humble e-bode! We are a community of women ham radio operators (and allies) building a space for women within the hobby!

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What's The Problem?

A lot of the women who enter the hobby quickly leave, for a number of reasons - one of the largest being the marked difference in the way we are treated compared to our male contemporaries.

Often, women will join the hobby through clubs, have several bad or awkward experiences and loose interest before they even start. This, and with the amount of work it takes to get a ham radio license, makes it less likely for a girl getting interested in ham radio to follow through and take the cert - after all, why join a hobby all about talking to people with people who won't respect you?

I have a great time doing ham radio - I have never noticed anything wrong

its a boys club and you know it

About Us

We are girls in ham radio! — a collective of women ham radio operators from around europe - and the world).

Founded with love at 39c3 CCC when two of us girl operators got together to talk about the struggles of being a girl in the hobby, issues that we face in the hobby, we wanted a space to build a collective of girls - somewhere we don't get lost in the mix!

We want you to join us! if you are a girl ham radio operator, know a girl ham radio operator or want to see more girls in ham radio - we need your support!

Why are there so few girl ham radio operators?

For most of us getting licensed today, its simply that there are too many bad experiences to make us want to come out and communicate on the air & in person. Please check our personal anecdotes page for anonymized thoughts & opinions.

How Do We Get More Girls Into Ham Radio?

  • → Create spaces where girl hams feel respected
  • → Include Girls In Transmitting & Contests, Not Just Making Coffee!
  • → Bring To Your Clubs the philosophy that ham radio is for everyone!

Right now we fund this through love, Monero, and the goodwill of our fellow hackers. Every order or donation goes right back into printing more stickers.

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hello World!

2025-12-28

Support Us!

We need your support!

  • - spreading our community
  • - recommending us to the young women hams in your area
  • - getting involved and helping us bring female hams together
  • - telling us your experiences & contributing to the github/wiki
Our Experiences

Personal Anecdotes

I think that it is important that girls can get their experiences with ham radio - bad and good out into the world so you can maybe understand a little bit why this is important to us. All responses have been anonymized with names changed.

I lost interest in the community after just two visits

During my first visit to a ham radio club, I was ignored for the duration. I did not feel any desire to go back, but I went anyway

After my second visit to the ham radio club, where I was also excluded, I recieved a phonecall, asking me to make sandwiches for an event they were hosting. After that, I decided I had better things to do with my time.

It's not necessarily one big thing that happened, but the constant comments, disrespect, bad "jokes", that made me not feel a part of the community at all. I don't want to put time into a hobby where I do not feel respected, but I hope to change this so that other women have better experiences.

I love the technology & history

what I do love about ham radio is the technology; building radios, the interesting ways that amateur radio is used around the world. Online, you can be treated as a ham, equally, but this doesn't work on the air or in person, so I rarely participate.

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How are your experiences?

We want to hear from other women on their experiences, thoughts and ideas are on what needs to change. Good or bad - this section is a space for you to write and make known your thoughts.

Sticker Swap!

We love swapping stickers with other hackers, artists, and data hoarders

How Our Swaps Work

  • → Piece for piece – if you send 10, we send 10
  • → If you send 50, we send 50 back
  • → Quality and weirdness are encouraged!

Send Swaps To:

Email us first so we can coordinate where to send things: haxolotl@klisterby.se

Psst:

If you run a booth or con and want to feature our stickers, hit us up. We love collabs!

Ethos

Who This Space Is For

This community exists for women who are interested in amateur radio. Not for the wives or girlfriends that male operators hope to recruit. Not as a project to get more women into "your" hobby.

If you're a woman who wants to get licensed, improve your skills, or connect with other operators—you're in the right place.

The Rules

Center Women's Voices

This space prioritizes the experiences and perspectives of women operators.

Respect the Purpose

Getting licensed requires real study time and effort. Our resources are limited and there are very few female hams. We focus them on people who are genuinely interested, not on reluctant partners being dragged along.

No "My Girlfriend Should Try This" Energy

If you're a male operator trying to convince your partner to get licensed: this isn't your recruitment tool. She can find us herself if she's interested.

Actually Be Interested

Ham radio isn't for everyone, and that's fine. But this community is for people who want to be here, not people who feel obligated.

Value the Community's Time

Questions are welcome. Mentorship is freely given. But we're volunteering our knowledge and experience—don't waste it.

What We're Building

A place where women operators can learn, share experiences, ask "stupid" questions without judgment, and connect with others who understand what it's like to operate in a male-dominated hobby.

If that's what you're looking for, welcome. If not, there are plenty of other ham radio communities out there.

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