K0DXC featured on KTSP TV

A teenage Minnesota ham has been featured on a local news show for his outstanding accomplishments as both a radio amateur and an athlete.

13 year-old Cal Darula, K0DXC, of Waconia has been featured on Minneapolis St. Paul station KTSP in a story that highlights his love of baseball and his dedication to our world wide communications hobby.

Darula says that he has been playing baseball since he was a toddler. He discovered ham radio at age 10 when he got his Technician license. At 12 upgraded to General, and he has since worked the world using mainly Morse. In fact, Cal can handle Morse at speeds up to 30 words per minute.

In the KTSP news item, K0DXC says that ham radio is really a hobby for people of all ages. He also says that it has also helped him to become a straight A student in school.

In addition to his love of Morse, Cal Darula is a member of the ARRL, FISTS, the Minnesota Wireless Association, the Young Amateur Contest Ham Team and World Wide Young Contesters. He is also the ARRL Minnesota Youth Assistant Section Manager.

You can see the complete news item featuring Cal Darruls, K0DXC, on line http://kstp.com/article/stories/S519423.shtml?cat=206

Source: ARNewsline, KQ0NN