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 ...

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

An engineer who loved to drive fast, he helped build an industry-altering device that made its debut after the national speed ...

At the Marlow fire station on a recent rainy evening, water creeps under the doors. In heavy storms, the garage and offices ...

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 ...

At issue is the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, which would mandate the availability of AM radio reception at no cost; it’s ...

As wildfires become a more frequent and dangerous part of life, especially in the Pacific Northwest, finding solutions that ...

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

To stay on course, sailors use sextants (a tool developed in the mid-18th century) to measure the angle between two objects like the horizon and the sun or moon and compare the results on a paper ...

Allen Perkins, N1ATS, has retired from his position as Cumberland County amateur radio emergency coordinator. A member of the ...

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 ...