Shortwave radio is finding a receptive young audience

The Los Angeles Times reports that teenagers in Calabasas have been discovering shortwave radio and getting their Amateur radio licenses

Thanks to science teacher Karl Beutel, 75 teenagers in Calabasas have become licensed amateur radio operators and hope to lead a new wave of shortwave enthusiasts.

Read the LA Times story at
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teen-radio25-
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