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 ...

A hobby that blossomed after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 has today become a key component of emergency communications, especially in times of disaster.

Some amateur radio operators this past weekend took part in an annual, nationwide Winter Field Day aimed to test their ...

In a world of satellites and cell towers, radio may seem hopelessly outdated. But there are plenty of good reasons to get a ham radio license in today's world. From personal hobbies to emergency ...

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 ...

When you can’t hop on your cellphone, they’ll be able to tune in other operators across the globe and keep lines of ...

On the morning of Jan. 20, members of the Tonto Amateur Radio Association grabbed their coffees and headed to the Shoofly ...

Rick Bressler leaned over a laptop with flashing radio frequencies and a list of communications with far-flung countries — Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina and dozens of others — his ham radio setup in ...

The society originated from local "hams" who provided backup communications for Wellesley during World War II. A vibrant amateur radio club has been serving Wellesley and surrounding areas since 1951.