Ham radio operators have a new club in Glenn County. The Glenn Amateur Radio Society will be certified and receive official affiliation with the American Radio Relay League at an open house from 6-8 p ...

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 ...

There was a time when ham radio operators were known for having long conversations over the radio — rag chewing, as they called it. A new program, LongChat, is a new entry into the ham radio software ...

Goochland’s first-ever amateur radio (ham radio) technician class has just concluded. Fifteen students were taught by Rick Cook (AB4U), Ralph Fetty (W4FEG), and Mat Long (N4MI) who gave generously of ...

Radio amateurs can communicate all over the world by different modes of communications such as voice, digital and CW (Morse Code). Those communicating have different call signs signifying who they are ...

After almost two weeks of working to establish emergency communications links in areas of Mississippi ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, volunteer ham radio operator David R. Beatson is preparing to head ...

Columbiana High School Principal Jeff Jackson (left) and Superintendent Don Mook (far right) presented Kelly Williamson and her husband Michael, president of the Fairfield Ruritans, with a Key Clipper ...

Tom Dawson squeezes into a chair jammed between five computer screens and shelves of gadgets in a cramped room of his house, turns on a ham radio transceiver and searches the airwaves for company. He ...

Gaston County resident Oscar Norris, also known by his call sign W4OXH, is turning 106 on Sept. 25. Norris is not only the oldest living amateur radio operator in North Carolina, but according to ...

that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency responders started hitting the scene, they heard amateur (ham) radio operators ...