Ham radio operators from Portage County Amateur Radio Service will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise this weekend and the public is invited. The American Radio Relay League Field ...

From rural Ohio to the ISS, amateur radio connects people when all else fails, blending community, resilience and global ...

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 ...

The National Park Service turns 100 this year and amateur radio operators will be celebrating in a big way, according to a press release from the West Virginia Amateur Radio Operators Association.

An example of a radio set-up from the 1960s along with a telegraph key and amateur radio guide booklet. (Photo by Amber Phipps) VIENNA — World Amateur Radio Day is celebrated on April 18 to recognize ...

Nicholas McPherson of Glenville seemed right at home behind the microphone. “My name is Nicholas and I am six years old and my favorite color is purple and blue and I am in kindergarten,” he said into ...

A world with no internet or cellular service is almost unimaginable in the dawn of the digital age. But given the unforeseen circumstances of any natural disaster, it’s important to know about other ...

While M17 might sound like a new kind of automatic rifle (as actually, it is), we were referring to an open source project to create a ham radio transceiver. Instead of paraphrasing the project’s ...

The sound of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” filled the conference room at the National Weather Service Office in North Platte on Dec. 4. Meteorologist Bill Taylor laughed and shook his head before ...

A prior version of this story stated incorrectly that “the higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength, and the farther signals can travel.” It has been corrected as follows: “Such shortwave ...