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 ...

This is actually all you need to establish your first contact or make a QSQ. You may come across numerous sellers and retailors offering all that staff at the most reasonable price. However, you are ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Members of the Bluegrass Amateur Radio Society tested their Ham radio equipment at Kentucky Horse Park on Saturday. Ham radio is a form of communication that can be used ...

Jerry Williams, left, and fellow members of the Amateur Radio Klub Earl Holts and Rob Wade test their ham radio equipment in the field Saturday. As part of an annual event called “Field Day,” people ...

A housewife in North Carolina makes friends over the radio with another ham in Lithuania. An Ohio teenager uses his computer to upload a digital chess move to an orbiting space satellite, where it's ...

I figure hey, we're all nerds! I have no doubt someone else here is into Ham radio. My dad gave me all of his ham gear, and I mean all of it. I'm working on my Technician license, and honestly the ...

For Neeraj Sharma, the thrill is in being able to send and receive messages without depending on a third party and being among a niche set of backups. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint (Priyanka ...

Volunteer ham radio operators are coming to the aid of relief agencies and emergency officials to help with badly needed communications in areas of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi ravaged early ...

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 ...