10-Year-Old from Swadlincote Takes First Steps Into the World of Ham Radio:

Amateur radio is usually seen as a hobby for older people, and at the Burton Amateur Radio Club, this was no different, with all 15 paying members of the group either reaching or being in their senior years, apart from one special little boy. Ben Cridland, from Swadlincote first started going to the weekly meetings, held at the Stapenhill Institute, with his father, Rob Cridland three years ago - and now he is completely hooked. The 10-year-old explained that his love for amateur radio comes from the number of different opportunities that come from being involved. He said: "There are just so many things that you can do in it (amateur radio), there are so many opportunities to do things and so many people in the actual community. Everyone in radio is just nice. I actually quite like being the youngest, because I like to prove that young people can do anything anyone older can do. There's no one close to my age that I know who does this."

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