Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Amateur radio operators from around the country will participate in a nationwide test on Saturday. In the ...

All weekend, amateur radio operators tested their skills in case of emergency – which happens more often than you would think. Ham radio has been around since the early 1900s, and it is considered ...

What are ham radios? In short, ham radio operators are amateur radio enthusiasts who communicate with one another via radio frequencies assigned specifically to this community by the Federal ...

Candidates for testing must follow certain rules and complete certain preparations. 1.) Exam candidates are required to register in the FCC CORES system and receive a ...

Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during ...

If all else fails, amateur ham radio usually doesn’t. The Skyview Radio Society in Upper Burrell will participate in an annual event to make sure that remains the case, putting their communication ...

Just over three years ago, the Federal Communications Commission ignited a firestorm in the amateur radio community by proposing to eliminate Morse Code as a requirement for ham radio operators ...