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 ...

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 ...

When Isabella Payne heads back to elementary school in September, she's going to have the best "what I did in my vacation" story to tell. In a tale of "right place, right time," the 8-year-old girl ...

John D. Hays, an IT manager in Edmonds, Wash., devotes most of his spare time these days to helping develop a communications system that’s designed to integrate portable two-way radios with the global ...

It was one small step for a NASA astronaut and one giant leap for a father-daughter duo from the U.K. with a shared interest in amateur radio. Matt Payne, of Kent, England, got to share a special ...

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 ...

The Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association will hold its annual ham radio symposium on Saturday, April 18, from noon to 4 p.m ...