When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, amateur ham radio operators step in to bridge the gap, ...

Stone Mountain, GA — The 52nd annual Stone Mountain Hamfest, celebrating all things amateur radio, will be held Nov. 2 and Nov. 3. The event announcement describes Hamfest as “part flea market, part ...

Of these, the LEV-1 is not only capable of direct to Earth transmission, but it also has been assigned its own amateur radio license: JS1YMG, which makes it the first Ham radio station on the Moon.

We’ll save you from grabbing the calculator. That’s around 475 kHz and 136 kHz. Ham radio operators have long used digital modes like radio teletype and with restrictions on antennas and ...

"We have a specific mission and that is to provide emergency communications in disasters," said Dan Gitro, a licensed amateur radio operator in Iredell County who is known to his fellow ham radio ...

Also known as ham radio, this old-school method of technology ... and people may also purchase study materials online. Equipment costs vary depending on what a person wants to do with the radio.

"We have a specific mission and that is to provide emergency communications in disasters," said Dan Gitro, a licensed amateur radio operator in Iredell County who is known to his fellow ham radio ...