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Lisa’s contact details will be made available under the Youth section of the Region 1 web site<br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://www.iaru-r1.org/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none'>http://www.iaru-r1.org/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'>21 year-old Lisa PA2LS first got her amateur radio novice license at the age of 13 and was issued with the call sign PD2LLS. <br>She recently went on a DXpedition to Ghana, see </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://www.pe1kl-pa2ls.com/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC;text-decoration:none'><br>http://www.pe1kl-pa2ls.com/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Youngsters On The Air<br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0000CC;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2011/youngsters_on_the_air.htm">http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2011/youngsters_on_the_air.htm</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>