It is popular to blame new technology for killing things. The Internet killed newspapers. Video killed the radio star. Is FT8, a new digital technology, poised to kill off ham radio? The community ...

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 ...

ATLANTA – Seeking reliable backup communication in a crisis, emergency managers are finding new solutions in an old technology: ham radio. “It’s just another avenue, another opportunity for us to be ...

Six ham radio repeaters have been fixed inside the 1.5-km-long tunnel of the power plant to share updates to officials during ...

MILWAUKEE—Long ago, before Facebook, Twitter and email, ham radio operators were the original social media geeks. And they’re still out there, in greater numbers than ever, chatting and messaging each ...

In the 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy added amateur radio operators to his pool of possible subversives. “Hams,” he said, had “tremendous potential for passing out improper information for espionage.” ...

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Join us on Wednesday, February 5 at noon Pacific for the Keeping Ham Radio Relevant Hack Chat with Josh Nass! It may not seem like it, but amateur radio is fighting a two-front war for its continued ...

Alaska Flight Service Stations are pulling the plug on High Frequency (HF) radio use in Alaska, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Cold Bay, Kotzebue, Barrow and Ketchikan Flight ...

What’s old is new again across the vast contested region. The U.S. military is returning to an old friend to help conquer the tyranny of distance in an increasingly contested area. The Defense ...

Pvt. Grant Aubuchon reports to his squad leader using a high-frequency Manpack radio as his squad prepares for an ambush during Iron Focus 18.1 field training exercise March 20, 2018. (Sgt. John ...