Amateur radio operators in the Peoria area and nationwide will take to the airwaves Saturday in a winter event designed to ...

As Duluth amateur radio operator Doug Nelson, AA0AW, tapped the keys, it was like picking the lock on communication history and slipping inside. Nelson, 55, contacted W8BM in Ohio early Sunday morning ...

A hobby that blossomed after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 has today become a key component of emergency communications, ...

Participants set up portable antennas outdoors before heading inside to test frequencies and connect with other operators near and far.

The Winter Field Day Association is once again hosting its annual event this Saturday and Sunday, encouraging ham radio ...

CANFIELD — While volunteers tended the gardens outside, inside the barn at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm in Canfield, a handful of ham radio enthusiasts from the Mahoning Valley Amateur Radio ...

When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, some of my neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.

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 ...

After watching a steady stream of television coverage of the horrendous conditions victims of Hurricane Katrina endured in the deadly storm’s wake, ham radio operator Dennis Motschenbacher had had ...

Area amateur radio operators will show off their communications skills this weekend at an annual field day sponsored by the Stillwater Amateur Radio Association in Baytown Township. Operators will ...

Dejanira Okorn, right, listens as WACOM vice-president Tom Wright explains how to connect with a ham radio operator during the AARL Summer Field Day on Saturday. Some of the members of the Washington ...