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 ...

Just when one might think there's nothing new in the world of ham radios, along comes digital, and it's being embraced due to its flexibility and is less bulky. Ham radio is a popular term for ...

Tom Beckett gestures toward a window on the third floor of the Durham County Main Library. “We’re in the middle of a geomagnetic storm,” he announces. The room chuckles. There are no swirling vortexes ...

Journalist Tea Krulos joined Lake Effect's Joy Powers to share more about his piece for Milwaukee Magazine on Milwaukee's "ham radio" community. When radio first emerged, it was the Wild West of ...

Have you ever considered running your ham radio remotely? It has been feasible for years but not always easy. Recently, I realized that most of the pieces you need to get on the air remotely are ...

WINCHESTER — Tim Angell twists a dial on his thick, black Yaesu radio, and hears a hiss, a crackle and a tone rising and falling like a slide whistle. He twists again, and the radio spits out rapid ...

Volunteer amateur radio operators have played a crucial role in communications in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and now Hurricane Milton. Josh Johnston is director of emergency management with the ...

Rick Bressler leaned over a laptop with flashing radio frequencies and a list of communications with far-flung countries — Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina and dozens of others — his ham radio setup in ...

Radios and walkie-talkies may seem like relics from your childhood, but nothing can quite compare to the convenience and simplicity of a pair of two-way radios. The freedom from reliance on a cellular ...

ALLOUEZ, Mich. – At first glance, the excitement of the ham radio contest that William LaBell was taking part in wasn’t obvious. There was much attentive sitting. The occasional twist of a knob. A bit ...

The fun is seeing how far you can go, the point is being ready to keep contact when an emergency strikes. Members of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club spent the weekend camped out on a Huntington ...