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 ...

Jun. 24—BLUEFIELD — Local ham radio operators will be participating this weekend in a national amateur radio exercise, ARRL Field Day, an annual amateur radio activity organized since 1933 by ARRL, ...

Ham radio operators from the TAG Region (Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia) will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 2 p.m. on Saturday until 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 22-23. The ...

ABERDEEN • For more than 20 years, amateur radio operator Jim Buffington has traveled to lighthouses along the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast to activate his equipment at or near the light ...

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 ...

No one's keeping score, or so they say. But by the end of the day, it's a sure bet the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club will be comparing its tally of contacts to other clubs throughout North America.

The four men examined the position of the ham radio’s antenna, adjusted it a bit to the north and then tried again, using a peculiar string of words as they tried to make a connection. “Whiskey, five, ...

Ham radio operators from the Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club in Chillicothe will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 2 p.m. Saturday until 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24-25 at SVARC ...

Through Dec. 24, children can talk to Santa — all they need is access to amateur radio equipment. Children, also known as “little harmonics” in amateur radio lingo, can call “the North Pole” through ...