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Stephanie is youngest radio amateur in the UKStephanie Gregory is all EARS – and she couldn’t be happier she’s making waves. The bubbly seven-year-old is the youngest licensed radio amateur in the United Kingdom. And it’s all down to the help and support she’s been given as a member of the Elderslie Amateur Radio Society (EARS). Stephanie has just passed her amateur radio exams which means she no longer has to operate from their radio club under supervision. She told the Paisley Daily Express: “I have been coming come to the meetings with my dad for a while now and I used to watch what he was doing. “It looked like good fun so I asked if I could have a go. I thought it was brilliant. “I’ve now been doing it since August and I thought it would be good if I could become a member of the same club.” However that meant sitting the full-blown radio amateur exam, although thanks to the hard work of club chairman Eddie Higgins, the club is now a qualified test centre. Stephanie, a pupil at Wallace Primary School, said: “I asked if I could sit my exam and was told that would be okay. “I eventually passed the exam and I was delighted. “I don’t have my own radio yet but I can still talk to people while I’m at the club. “And my dad’s got a radio in the car so I get to use that as well. It’s brilliant fun.”
Read the full story by by Jeff Holmes of the Paisley Daily Express
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