Members of the Williams County Amateur Radio Association were put to the test recently for the annual Winter Field Day. When ...

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

If all else fails, amateur ham radio usually doesn’t. The Skyview Radio Society in Upper Burrell will participate in an ...

Amateur radio has been around for more than 100 years and, in this day of cell phones, computers and other high-tech devices, ham radio, as it is also known, continues to play an important role in the ...

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 ...

In an age where new cutting-edge technology is coming out almost daily and social media dominates people's lives, ham radio operators like Richard Holmes are keeping things old school. Holmes is a ...

There’s a must-call list in the event of an emergency, and most people can guess who’s on it — police, fire, public works staff — but there is also group of volunteer radio enthusiasts on the front ...

Francis Mahon of Port Richmond Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) displays his ham radio, a hand-held, rechargeable device that costs about $35. He provided an overview on the use of amateur ...

What are ham radios? In short, ham radio operators are amateur radio enthusiasts who communicate with one another via radio frequencies assigned specifically to this community by the Federal ...

Facetime, Zoom, Google Meets — and ham radio. Video conferencing may have come into prominence during the coronavirus pandemic as part of the effort to stay connected. But in contrast to the virtual ...