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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The carnage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene has reinforced the importance of one of the oldest forms of communication technology still in widespread use: Ham radio, officially called amateur ...

When Hurricane Maria toppled power lines and knocked out communication to Puerto Rico in 2017, Dennis Boyé got on his ham radio to connect with someone on the island who set up a makeshift amateur ...

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 ...

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 ...

Santa took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to kids over ham radio at the Museum of Radio and Technology.