One problem with ham radio these days is that most hams live where you can’t put a big old antenna up due to city laws and homeowner covenants. If you’re just working local stations on VHF or UHF, ...

Jim Charlong works his Morse code key. All photos courtesy of Parks Canada. GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia — On Dec.17, 1902, from the seaside Table Head radio station at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Guglielmo ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Dots and dashes darted through the airwaves long before text or instant messages, even before e-mail, cell phones or telephone lines. While these new forms of communication ...

The message "CQ-field day," which is ham radio code for "calling any station, requesting a response," filled the air as Silver Springs Radio Club members gathered for a 24-hour national disaster ...

Louise Evans was an amateur radio operator in California for 15 years before moving to Oregon 22 years ago and giving up her license because, she said, "I thought I was old. I was 80." At age 98, ...

When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, some of my neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. My trip around the world took less than an hour. Chris in Paris, France, ...

It’s like something out of a war story from the past — a man sends Morse code messages to let people know he’s alive in the worst of times. It wasn’t years ago though. It was just under a month ago, ...

Like a black-and-white movie, ham radio can evoke an image of how people communicated long ago. But ask someone in emergency management about ham radio, and you'll find that this medium of ...

(TNS) - A scrambled voice fills the room sounding like someone trying to talk under water intermixed with variable modulated frequency sounds one might hear from a music keyboard synthesizer. A person ...

Finding a satellite 22,000 miles above Earth's surface requires precision. Tim Keller, of Coram, positioned a dish antenna outside the Longwood Youth Center on Saturday, aiming it toward the GOES-19 ...