Yes, amateur radio is still a thing, thank goodness. “If and when the grid goes down, and cell phones and other traditional forms of communication don’t work, we will step in and offer our help to ...

The Washington County Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) will host a free Technician Class ham radio license course on Sept. 27-28 at Christ Lutheran Day School in Brenham.

We found an interesting tip that might just improve the performance of those small affordable handheld ham radios called a “Handy Talky” or HT for short in ham vernacular. [RadioHamGuy] posted an ...

Only a few years ago, blogs listed ham radio alongside 35 mm film and VHS tape as technologies slated to disappear. They were wrong. Nearly 700,000 Americans have ham radio licenses — up 60 percent ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - When severe weather is in the forecast, a sometimes-forgotten group of people tune in to help relay important information. The technology behind HAM radios is about 130 years old ...

MILWAUKEE—Long ago, before Facebook, Twitter and email, ham radio operators were the original social media geeks. And they’re still out there, in greater numbers than ever, chatting and messaging each ...

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 ...

From his basement in White City, Stan Ewert dreams of contacting North Korea. Using his 200-watt radio transceiver, Ewert has spoken with ham radio operators from 285 “countries” — a category that ...