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<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.667px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">11-year-old talks to the world</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The Reflector-Chronicle reports on 11-year-old<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Dylan Krueger</strong><span> </span>who is studying to get his amateur licence and is currently using HamSphere<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">What started with running a quick errand for his grandmother ended in a hobby that has opened a realm of possibilities for 11-year-old Dylan Krueger.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">“I was at my grandma’s house and my grandma’s neighbor wanted trash bags, so I went across the street and he was like ‘I’m all into radios and robots. Do you want to come see them?’,” Dylan said, recalling the day he met<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">John Kovac K0VAC</strong><span> </span>in Junction City.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">That is when he began learning about Ham Radio operations.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">“I asked him if I could talk, but he said you have to get a license before you can talk,” Dylan said.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">That meeting opened a whole new world to Dylan who has since spoken with people from around the country and the world, including India, the United Kingdom, Idaho and Arizona.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">He is now studying to take the Ham Radio Technician Exam, but has been able to communicate through an Internet program called HamSphere which does not require a license.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full story at<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.abilene-rc.com/news/year-old-krueger-talks-to-the-world/article_4de0a1c2-1190-11e8-9830-1397a4293bc5.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.abilene-rc.com/news/year-old-krueger-talks-to-the-world/article_4de0a1c2-1190-11e8-9830-1397a4293bc5.html</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">HamSphere<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.hamsphere.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.hamsphere.com/</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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