Only a few years ago, blogs listed ham radio alongside 35 mm film and VHS tape as technologies slated to disappear. They were wrong. Nearly 700,000 Americans have ham radio licenses — up 60 percent ...

It is popular to blame new technology for killing things. The Internet killed newspapers. Video killed the radio star. Is FT8, a new digital technology, poised to kill off ham radio? The community ...

Aspiring ham radio operators can take a licensing exam Oct. 25 in Bartlesville. Pre-registration is encouraged.

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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 part two of Radios in Action by Icom, host Ray Novak interviews DXpedition co-leader Cezar Trifu on the logistics, safety, and teamwork behind activating Bouvet Island, one of ham radio’s most ...

The Boulder County Fairgrounds turned into a communication hub Saturday during the Longmont Amateur Radio Club’s Summer Field Day. The annual event encourages ham radio operators to meet, practice ...

Tom Beckett gestures toward a window on the third floor of the Durham County Main Library. “We’re in the middle of a geomagnetic storm,” he announces. The room chuckles. There are no swirling vortexes ...

GREEN ‒ The 2025 MARC Hamfest is coming to the MAPS Air Museum, 2260 International Pkwy. Doors to the public event open at 8 ...

The amateur radio club in Terre Haute practiced communicating with the International Space Station as it passed by the Wabash ...

There’s a sense of urgency in the air at a Virginia nuclear power plant. Everything within at least a five-mile radius is at immediate risk due to a critical meltdown. One of the emergency responders ...