John Mitchell sits in front of his amateur "ham" radio setup, including a screen showing a map of the world and designated places he can reach and speak with other ham radio operators on Wednesday, ...

It is popular to blame new technology for killing things. The Internet killed newspapers. Video killed the radio star. Is FT8, a new digital technology, poised to kill off ham radio? The community ...

When the big one hits the Puget Sound region, one of the best technologies to rely on for communication may NOT be cell phones or computers. It could be radio. Amateur radio. The City of Seattle has ...

Jun. 24—People interested in learning more about ham radios can visit General Clinton Park in Bainbridge this weekend. According to a media release, ham radio operators from the Chenango Valley ...

The Earth’s ionosphere is the ionized upper part of the atmosphere, and it’s also the most dynamic as it swells and ebbs depending on whether it’s exposed to the Sun or not. It’s the ionosphere that ...

OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — Willis Yule put up a 52-foot-tall steel tower next to his house in Owatonna this spring. Yule thinks it’s beautiful. At least 61 other people in Steele County agree with him.

WHITEMARSH, Pa. (CBS) -- Members of the PHIL-MONT Mobile Radio Club will gather this weekend for an Amateur Radio Field Day at Fort Washington Park in Whitemarsh. It's an opportunity for radio ...

After watching a steady stream of television coverage of the horrendous conditions victims of Hurricane Katrina endured in the deadly storm’s wake, ham radio operator Dennis Motschenbacher had had ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - According to the American Radio Relay League, Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the U.S. and Canada. The point of the radio field day is ...

A ham radio setup is pictured at Learned Hall on the KU campus as part of a national ham radio field day, June 26, 2010. Local amateur radio operators will be setting up temporary transmitting ...

Camp Catalpa Park has been transformed this weekend from a quiet park to a busy broadcast center as amateur “ham” radio operators have gathered to participate in the annual American Radio Relay League ...

Longtime ham radio operator Gerald Gaule wants to spread the word that amateur radio is a great hobby for those who are blind and disabled. Gaule, who was disabled in 2007, said he worked for ...