There was a time when a ham radio set up sported many dials and switches and probably quite a few boxes as well. Computers have changed all that. Some transceivers now have just a few buttons or are ...

Spectators can follow the flight of a high-altitude amateur radio weather balloon as it ascends 18 miles up during the annual ...

A compact radio cheat sheet that was shared online could make the equipment more practical in an emergency. Here's what to know. On Reddit's r/preppers community, a poster shared ...

Fox hunting, or direction finding, is a favorite pastime in the ham radio community where radio operators attempt to triangulate the position of a radio transmission. While it may have required a ...

It’s a good time to be technical. Maker communities are thriving around the world, tools and materials to create and adapt are cheaper and more powerful now than ever, and open source hardware, ...

Inside a room at the Ozone Amateur Radio Club’s headquarters in Slidell, Ron Riviere sat in front of a bank of ham radios, ...

Also called "ham radio," it is wireless voice communications that can reach "ham operators" up to hundreds of miles away, sometimes thousands. Amateur radio is often a hobby, but can also be a public ...

Looking up at the night sky to find shooting stars—the image of "meteor observation" that many people have is a romantic and ...

I was disheartened to read Burt Fisher’s disparaging comments on amateur radio in the March 16 Opinion section. As an active member of the ham radio community and president of my local amateur radio ...

the Kent Amateur Radio Society. Broadcasting students at Kent County High School in Worton, Md., extended the reach of their voices beyond their radio station’s distance, making contact with people ...