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Jean Hudson - 1933
>From the Milford chronicle May 5, 1933

LAUREL GIRL, 8, YOUNGEST LICENSED OPERATOR OF WIRELESS IN COUNTRY

JEAN HUDSON OF LAUREL, WAS GIVEN A RATING OF 80 PER CENT BY EXAMINER
GEORGE E. STERLING AT FEDERAL RADIO HEADQUARTERS AT FORT MCHENRY

An eight-year-old girl, who sat on a thick dictionary so she could
comfortably reach the table top, has passed the Federal examinations and
licensed a wireless operator.

The girl, Jean Hudson, of Laurel, Del. was given a rating of 80 per cent
by Examiner George E. Sterling at federal Radio headquarters at Fort
McHenry. She is believed to be the youngest licensed operator in the
United States.

Sterling started the tests by sending 10 words a minute, but Jean was for
ahead of him, although that is all required of an amateur.

Then he stepped up his sending to 15 words a minute and then to 20, the
requirement for a commercial license, but the little girl was with him
all the way.

Next came the technical tests, in which the youthful applicant was
required to explain the fundamental workings of the short wave radio,
describing the makeup of a sending and receiving set and spell the names
of all components parts.

She needed but 75 as a passing grade but when it was all over, a check
showed her to have 80.

Jean gets her radio ability naturally. her father, Edgar L. Hudson, is a
licensed amateur operator, and her 14-year-old brother, Roland, received
his license a year ago. 
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