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In a world of satellites and cell towers, radio may seem hopelessly outdated. But there are plenty of good reasons to get a ham radio license in today's world. From personal hobbies to emergency ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Members of the Williams County Amateur Radio Association were put to the test recently for the annual Winter Field Day. When the pathway to their planned operating location was destined ...

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 ...

The local Alachua County Emergency Management-affiliated ham radio team earned a high ranking in the annual Winter Field Day ...

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 ...

Another amateur/ham radio operator class begins 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Davie Police Department, 1230 S. Nob Hill Road. The free classes will be held on four successive Saturday mornings.