that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency responders started hitting the scene, they heard amateur (ham) radio operators ...

In a world of satellites and cell towers, radio may seem hopelessly outdated. But there are plenty of good reasons to get a ham radio license in today's world. From personal hobbies to emergency ...

Larry Dale of the Parkersburg Amateur Radio Klub (P.A.R.K.) and Kenny Harris of Wood County Emergency Communications (WCEC) appeared Monday before the Wood County Commission to talk about the ...

What if you could broadcast signals across the globe using just a credit-card-sized computer and a handful of components? It might sound like a scene from a sci-fi novel, but with a Raspberry Pi and ...

Rick Bressler leaned over a laptop with flashing radio frequencies and a list of communications with far-flung countries — Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina and dozens of others — his ham radio setup in ...

Dejanira Okorn, right, listens as WACOM vice-president Tom Wright explains how to connect with a ham radio operator during the AARL Summer Field Day on Saturday. Some of the members of the Washington ...

Since then, other ham radio users have been rallying the community and sending complaints to the FCC, warning about the risk of interference. “Amateur radio has a proven track record of saving lives ...

The fun is seeing how far you can go, the point is being ready to keep contact when an emergency strikes. Members of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club spent the weekend camped out on a Huntington ...

Greece, N.Y. — The Rochester Amateur Radio Association is holding its 92nd amateur radio festival on Saturday at the Barnard Fire Field in Greece. Known as a "Hamfest," the event offers the general ...