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 ...

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 ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- "When All Else Fails … Ham Radio Works." This has been a slogan used by ham radio operators for decades ... because it’s true. Bad things happen that create the need for emergency ...

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 ...

There are more than 750,000 licensed amateur radio operators in the U.S., and the number is growing every day. If you are new to ham radio, or just thinking about getting your first license, the ...