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 ...

NPARC – the Amateur Radio Club of the Watchung Mountain area will hold its annual auction and flea market on Friday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. This event will take place in the Municipal Center Gym (Academy ...

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 ...

Sitting in the original radio room on the decades-old Battleship North Carolina in Wilmington, Bruce Kopec, an amateur radio operator, or HAM, from Powder Springs, Ga., made contact with someone from ...

Ham radio, especially the HF bands, can be intimidating for aspiring operators, many being put off by the cost of equipment. The transceiver itself is only part of the equation and proper test and ...

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 ...

After watching a steady stream of television coverage of the horrendous conditions victims of Hurricane Katrina endured in the deadly storm’s wake, ham radio operator Dennis Motschenbacher had had ...

Bill Leahy started repairing radios and televisions when he was a kid. He went on to make a second career out of repairing ham-radio equipment and “was beyond excellent” at it, said a friend, Dennis O ...

Jul. 2—FAIRMONT — Thirteen-year-old Michael Brickey has vivid memories of descending the stairs to watch his grandfather work his ham radio equipment. "I remember, I was 6 or 7, and I walked ...

I figure hey, we're all nerds! I have no doubt someone else here is into Ham radio. My dad gave me all of his ham gear, and I mean all of it. I'm working on my Technician license, and honestly the ...

The team has been requested by the state government to set up makeshift radio stations in the flood-affected areas of South and North 24-Parganas. KOLKATA: A three-member team of the Hyderabad-based ...