Static from radio speakers cleared Wednesday night at the Lincoln Youth Center and suddenly the 30 students there heard a conversation in Florida.

The youth center, open to area sixth-eighth graders Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 3 to 6 p.m., hosted the Western Placer Amateur Radio Club on Wednesday to bring hands-on demonstrations to the students and expose them to a variety of topics they wouldn't otherwise know about, said Youth Services Officer Steve Krueger of the Lincoln Police Department.