HAM radio may seem antiquated by today's standards, but there are still plenty of good reasons to get licensed.

When the big one hits the Puget Sound region, one of the best technologies to rely on for communication may NOT be cell phones or computers. It could be radio. Amateur radio. The City of Seattle has ...

OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — Willis Yule put up a 52-foot-tall steel tower next to his house in Owatonna this spring. Yule thinks it’s beautiful. At least 61 other people in Steele County agree with him.

John Mitchell sits in front of his amateur "ham" radio setup, including a screen showing a map of the world and designated places he can reach and speak with other ham radio operators on Wednesday, ...

When disaster strikes in America, amateur radio operators are a crucial tool. “When hurricanes happen, one of the first things that goes down is communications,” said Joseph Lawrence, scientist and ...

SUMTER, S.C. — It was September of 1989 and the wind and rain of Hurricane Hugo were battering the state. Vic Jones was the director of emergency services in Sumter at the time, and remembers the ...

Longtime ham radio operator Gerald Gaule wants to spread the word that amateur radio is a great hobby for those who are blind and disabled. Gaule, who was disabled in 2007, said he worked for ...

Immediately after the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti that killed 230,000 people, injured an estimated 300,000 more and destroyed much of Port-au-Prince, medical teams from the University of Miami Project ...

Ham radio operators from the Geauga and Lake County areas will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 2 p.m. June 22 until 2 p.m. June 23. The event is ARRL Field Day, an annual ...

Larry Dale of the Parkersburg Amateur Radio Klub that set up at the cabin at Fort Boreman Park during the American Radio Relay League Field Day on Sunday. Amateur radio operators nationwide ...