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EXPERIENCED MULTIOPERATOR CONTESTER, 19 YEAR OLD LEVI, K6JO, A FREQUENT
OPERATOR AT THE NX6T SUPERSTATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHO OFTEN COMPETES
INTERNATIONALLY, AND 15 YEAR OLD BRYANT RASCOLL, KG5HVO, A PARTICIPANT IN
THE 2018 WORLD RADIOSPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS WRTC IN GERMANY, WINNER OF THE
2018 BILL PASTERNAK, WA6ITF, MEMORIAL AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE YOUNG HAM OF
THE YEAR AWARD, AND PROFILED IN THIS MONTHS MEMBER SPOTLIGHT COLUMN.  IN
IARU REGION 1 OF EUROPE, AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND NORTHERN ASIA, THERE
ARE PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG CONTESTERS LIKE THE YOUNGSTERS ON THE AIR YOUTH
CONTESTING PROGRAM.  HERE IN NORTH AMERICA, THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS DONT
REALLY EXIST, BRYANT SAID.  MEETING YOUTH CONTESTERS IS ESSENTIAL IN
GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RADIOSPORT ENTHUSIASTS.  AS GREAT AS OUR
CONNECTION IS ACROSS THE BANDS, WE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET IN
PERSON.  FOR THEIR DEBUT, THE TEAM DECIDED TO COMPETE IN THE 2019 CQ WORLD
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