<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_kikhjhdc0" alt="image.png" width="472" height="354"><br><div><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Young radio ham interviewed in newspaper</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The Indian Express interviews 13-year-old <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Smriti Hegde VU3FNV</strong> from Bengaluru (Bangalore), she is one of the youngest radio amateurs in India<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The newspaper says:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">When Smriti Hegde got her official license as the youngest HAM or radio operator from the Department of Telecommunications last month, her happiness knew no bounds. &quot;I was happy and felt like jumping as high as I could. But I couldn&#39;t as I was in a car heading home from my regular cricket practice,&quot; she says with a chuckle.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Smriti, who is currently studying in class 8 at National Centre for Excellence joined the Indian Institute of Hams in 2018 to train as a HAM operator.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full story at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.edexlive.com/people/2020/dec/09/smriti-hegde-is-one-of-the-two-youngest-ham-radio-operators-in-the-country-check-out-her-story-16492.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.edexlive.com/people/2020/dec/09/smriti-hegde-is-one-of-the-two-youngest-ham-radio-operators-in-the-country-check-out-her-story-16492.html</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Unlike the UK, India imposes a minimum age requirement for the amateur radio licence. The minimum age is 18, however, the Central Government may grant, to bonafide experimenters between the age of 12 and 18 years, Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station Licence (General) or Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station Licence (Restricted).<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The Indian Wireless Telegraph (Amateur Service) Amendment Rules 2009<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.niar.org/downloads/Amateur-Radio-Rules.pdf" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.niar.org/downloads/Amateur-Radio-Rules.pdf</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Indian Institute of Hams<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.indianhams.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.indianhams.com/</a></p></div></div>