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o you think kids aren’t interested in Morse code? Think again. Elevenyear-old twins Min (center) and Chen (right) Li scored more than place in China in the multi-operator/single-transmitter (multi-single) low power category of the 2020 CQ World Wide DX CW Contest. They operated from their home station in Shanghai, using their father’s callsign of BH4CAC. Even though both earned their amateur radio operator’s licenses (equivalent to U.S. General Class) at age 9, hams in China cannot receive individual callsigns until they turn 18.

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