Starting in the 1920s and through the ’60s, almost every broadcast engineer was a licensed amateur radio operator. That has...
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Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) is helping high school computer science students become makers by providing a grant to purchase...
Will the amateur airwaves fall silent? Since the dawn of radio, amateur operators—hams—have transmitted on tenaciously guarded slices of spectrum....
Two years ago, Kanushi Desai, always an inquisitive youngster, decided to join the Jefferson Middle School Electronics Club. The then...
The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palmas in Spain’s Canary Islands erupted for the first time in 50 years on...
Members of two local amateur radio clubs, including a retired NYPD officer who was at Ground Zero when the World...
Preparing for the worst and hoping it never happens — that's the order of the day for Michael Schlenker, who...
Many in Louisiana are still without power and cell service following Hurricane Ida. But one form of communication that's been...
A group of radio operators worked behind the scenes at WDAM to help during Hurricane Ida. The organization, dubbed ‘Amateur...
Inside the Ouachita Parish Fire Department, in West Monroe, you’ll find Duffy Frantom speaking into a radio. “If anybody knows...
As Hurricane Ida moves into the Gulf of Mexico drawing a bead on New Orleans, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN)...
Williamsport, Pa. -- Baseball is America’s pastime, passed down from generation to generation. It’s young and old, together. No place...
The National Weather Service has forecast that Hurricane Ida is expected to be a dangerous major hurricane when it reaches...
After eight decades of providing emergency backup communications on a volunteer basis during some of this region’s worst storms and...
(Callsign K6YBV) - GW SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Robert Ringwald, the pianist who played and promoted jazz in California for...
As the sun spilled over the storm-stricken mountains of Puerto Rico, all Pedro Labayen could see from his home in...
Elon Musk has been aiming for internet speeds of 1Gbps but before he achieves this lofty goal he might want to take...
During disasters like earthquakes or floods, the first thing that goes kaput is the power. Mobile networks tumble next. Cut...
The IARU member-societies have voted to admit the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society (BARS) and the Amateur Radio Union of the...
The FCC is seeking comment on the impact of the continuing global shortage of semiconductors. The FCC’s May 11 Public...
ARRL East Bay Section Manager Jim Siemons, W6LK, is stepping down because he is relocating to Wyoming. Siemons has served...
Early last year, when the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) first pushed much of the world into lockdown, one traditional –...
An amateur radio operator (known as a ham) is an individual that has obtained an amateur radio license to operate...
A man from Palmdale who went missing while hiking in the Angeles National Forest has been found safe and is...
The voice from the incoming signal was scratchy at best as the battery in the caller’s walkie-talkie was about to...
