In this day and age, there are countless methods of communication, but let's not leave radios in the past. Although smartphones offer similar functions, radios are still a trusted form of ...

From rural Ohio to the ISS, amateur radio connects people when all else fails, blending community, resilience and global ...

Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during ...

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 ...

There are plenty of hobbies around with huge price tags, and ham radio can certainly be one of them. Experienced hams might have radios that cost thousands of dollars, with huge, steerable antennas on ...

Amateur radio — also known as “ham radio” — is alive in well in Northwest Missouri, thanks to the Missouri Valley Amateur Radio Club. Brad Hurd, coordinator of the club, has spent years honing his ...

One of the more popular activities in the ham radio world is DXing, which is attempting to communicate with radio stations as far away as possible. There are some feats that will earn some major ...

Area amateur radio enthusiasts will take to the airwaves Saturday, June 28 for the hobby’s annual Field Day. Locally, the Catskill Transmitters Radio Club, together with the Oneonta Amateur Radio Club ...