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 ...

Radios and walkie-talkies may seem like relics from your childhood, but nothing can quite compare to the convenience and simplicity of a pair of two-way radios. The freedom from reliance on a cellular ...

Software-defined radios are great tools for the amateur radio operator, allowing visualization of large swaths of spectrum and letting hams quickly home in on faint signals with the click of a mouse.

AST wants to use the 430 to 440MHz band for a satellite-to-phone service. Ham radio enthusiasts say the company's plan is vague and could interfere with their slim slice of spectrum.

It might seem like a relic from the past, but ham radio is all about learning new things. Todd Hoover, media director for the Longview East Texas Amateur Radio Club's annual field day , said ham radio ...

Two Russian cosmonauts will float outside the International Space Station on Wednesday (Aug. 3) to install an experimental laser-based communications system and release an amateur ham radio satellite ...

When technology failed on a massive scale last week, some old-fashioned broadcasting stepped into the breach as ham radio operators took to the airwaves to reach emergency workers. FOR MILLIONS OF ...