Before ham radio operators can assist victims of bombs, plane crashes and smallpox outbreaks, they have to train. And so, about 60 hams, as they are called, gathered in the Newington Fire Department’s ...

Following the 2007 storm, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (pictured) funded improvements to the state's amateur radio infrastructure with a $250,000 grant for Winlink systems in each of the state's 36 ...

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 ...

Any licensed ham radio operator in the Carolinas, and across the country for that matter, likely knows the name of 99-year-old Oscar Norris. Norris, who lives in Gastonia, first became a ham radio ...

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 ...

A ham radio operator who was repeatedly warned not to deliberately interfere with other amateur radio operators has been slapped with a $17,000 forfeiture. Commission’s rules are clear on the issue: ...

Courtesy of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management In the last 100 years, there have only been five magnitude 9.0 or higher "megaquakes" worldwide. The pressure currently building in the Cascadia ...

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 ...

For twenty-four hours over the weekend of June 27 and 28, 2020, thousands of amateur radio operators across the United States and Canada set up temporary emergency communications centers where ...

A few times each day, if the conditions are right, there is a two-minute window when a ham radio operator might be able to make contact with the International Space Station. Ham radio enthusiast Jeff ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may be a hobby to amateur radio enthusiasts, but their hobby sometimes has helped save lives, especially during natural ...

With telephones down and wireless service disrupted, at least one group of people did manage last week to use technology to come to the rescue of those in need. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...