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

The stars finally aligned for a 13-year-old Portlander whose nearly five-year quest to contact an astronaut in space came to ...

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 ...

Zeke Wheeler, 13, asked his dad at the age of 8 what it would take to talk with an astronaut. Neither of them had the answer ...

When it comes to major events – good or bad – communication is key. Take, for example, this past weekend’s Alton Blakley 5K ...

The carnage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene has reinforced the importance of one of the oldest forms of communication technology still in widespread use: Ham radio, officially called ...

"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 ...

Ham Edition is a new member in family of SoftRF devices. Unlike the other ones, Ham uses traditional APRS technology to report own position over Ham Radio bands. It is supposed to require minimal ...

Rich, N6KT will be active as PJ4K from Bonaire Island, IOTA SA - 006 in CQ WW DX SSB Contest, 26 - 27 October 2024.

But when modern technology fails, wireless radios shine. "We have a specific mission and that is to provide emergency communications in disasters," said Dan Gitro, a licensed amateur radio operator in ...