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 ...

When Hurricane Maria toppled power lines and knocked out communication to Puerto Rico in 2017, Dennis Boyé got on his ham radio to connect with someone on the island who set up a makeshift amateur ...

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 ...

CEDAR FALLS – At 78, Jane Buck is a gardener, a flower show judge — and a real ham. Just check out her new license plate — KE0RKO. That’s her call sign as a newly minted amateur radio operator. “It’s ...

Once upon a time, ham radio was all about CW and voice transmissions and little else. These days, the hobby is altogether richer, with a wide range of fancy digital data modes to play with. [KM6LYW ...

KCAL Old Time Radio recreates radio shows from the 1940s and 50s and performs them live. Before television shows like ours, families used to gather around the radio and listen, not just to music, but ...

While barbecues send up their Fourth of July smoke, the air above Fort Missoula will be full of sizzling ham. Of course, the radio version is an acquired taste. But the Hellgate Amateur Radio Club's ...