Have you ever considered running your ham radio remotely? It has been feasible for years but not always easy. Recently, I realized that most of the pieces you need to get on the air remotely are ...

There was a time when ham radio operators were known for having long conversations over the radio — rag chewing, as they called it. A new program, LongChat, is a new entry into the ham radio software ...

HUNTINGTON — Hundreds of amateur radio operators came to Veterans Memorial Field House Saturday for the annual Hamfest and Computer Show. Going strong since the 1970s, the August festival brings out ...

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 ...

It’s a good time to be technical. Maker communities are thriving around the world, tools and materials to create and adapt are cheaper and more powerful now than ever, and open source hardware, ...

In this day and age, there are countless methods of communication, but let's not leave radios in the past. Although smartphones offer similar functions, radios are still a trusted form of ...

AVON LAKE, Ohio - The Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society (NOARS), one of the oldest "ham" radio clubs in the Great Lakes area, will be holding their annual winter ham fest from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, ...

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 ...

Eight years ago, amateur radio enthusiast and ham-radio operator Bill LaMay wondered who might be the patron saint of amateur radio. He began searching the internet for some answer since the field of ...

The Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs will hold its 52nd annual Midwinter Wheaton Hamfest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, in the Prairie Events Center, Wing B, at the Kane County Fairgrounds, ...