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If you're not a subscriber to the magazine, pick up this latest issue featuring Amateur Radios on newsstands mid-December, or buy a single copy in our on-line store. Both digital and print copies are ...

Amateur radio is a popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics and communication together. People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, all without the ...

I was disheartened to read Burt Fisher’s disparaging comments on amateur radio in the March 16 Opinion section. As an active member of the ham radio community and president of my local amateur radio ...

The folks behind the Central Kentucky Amateur Radio Society (CKARS) pulled an all-nighter on Saturday. The group took part in the National Amateur Radio Field Day exercise – making contact with ...

For many participants in the world of amateur radio, the initial draw can be something like the ability to talk to people from around the world. “It starts as a hobby. You want to talk to somebody ...

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 ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — County Emergency Management Amateur Radio Emergency Services’ ham radio operators will be attending a national amateur radio exercise this weekend. The Radio Field Day ...

When devastating fires ravaged North Bay communities last fall, many communication devices and services proved inadequate to the need. Mike Von der Porten has this Perspective on one that did not.

The tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 highlighted two phenomena common in disasters: Network communications tower sites were destroyed, and network traffic overwhelmed ...

If there’s anything more annoying to an amateur radio operator than noise, we’re not sure what it could be. We’re talking about radio frequency noise, of course, the random broadband emissions that ...