Jan. 29—Amateur radio, or ham radio, has been a popular hobby throughout the years as well as an important service that brings people, electronics and communication together. People are able to use ...

Two years ago, in my home state of Kentucky, we had a devastating tornado that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency ...

WINCHESTER — Tim Angell twists a dial on his thick, black Yaesu radio, and hears a hiss, a crackle and a tone rising and falling like a slide whistle. He twists again, and the radio spits out rapid ...

Dr. Nathaniel Frissell with students Veronica Romanek and Simal Sami at the University of Scranton W3USR ham radio station. Credit: Byron Maldonado While people across the country don eclipse glasses ...

MIDDLETON — North Shore ham radio enthusiasts took part in a world-wide amateur radio field day last weekend to learn how to use the technology during emergencies and connect with others around the ...

It’s a hobby with a responsibility. That’s how the 80 members of the Steel City Amateur Radio Club in Collier view the skill, science and enjoyment of participating in ham radio. “It’s a fun place to ...

There was a time when ham radio operators were known for having long conversations over the radio — rag chewing, as they called it. A new program, LongChat, is a new entry into the ham radio software ...

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 ...

'AST tries to get away with handing in only half the homework it was supposed to do,' says one amateur radio operator who's pushing back on AST's request to use the 430–440 MHz band. AST SpaceMobile’s ...