ARLA/CLUSTER: Jovem rapariga de 14 anos obtém a licença de amador através da ajuda do "Girl Guide group "

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Girl Guide gets Ham Radio licence

The Northern Echo reports 14-year-old Madeleine got her amateur radio
licence after a radio club gave a talk to a Girl Guide group

The newspaper says:

Madeleine Dale, from Colburn, was inspired to get involved in the
hobby - also known as ham radio - after Colin Lyne, from the Colburn
and Richmondshire District Amateur Radio Society, gave a talk to the
Girl Guide group she attends about 18 months ago. The group were shown
how the radio works and made contact with an amateur radio user in
America, who spoke to the girls about the hobby.

Madeleine has now passed her amateur radio operator exam with an
astonishing 98 per cent of the total marks available and has received
her licence from regulator Ofcom. It now means she is able to make
contact with people around the world, in what she says is a more
personal version of social media.

“It’s quite fun to plan who you’ll make contact with on a big map," she said.

"You still have to be careful as you would on social media not to give
out an address or post code or personal information like that. But
it’s more personal than social media because you’re just talking to
someone directly.”

As well as speaking to people around the world, it also allows her to
help emergency services through the Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network
(RAYNET), at large public events.

Read the full story at
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15369768.Teenager_takes_to_
airwaves_after_spending_year_learning_how_to_build_and_operate_radio/

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