BELPRE – For 35 years, Sam Maze has enjoyed the amateur radio hobby and entered numerous contests to see how many contacts he can make around the country in a set amount of time. Over a 30-hour period ...

SEASON AND THERE’S A TEAM OF CENTRAL FLORIDA HELPERS COMING TOGETHER THIS WEEKEND TO PREPARE BEFORE DISASTER COULD HIT AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE TAKING PART IN A 24-HOUR DRILL TO TEST THEIR SKILLS.

Whether it was speaking in a seemingly foreign lingo into a telephone radio, sending digital signals or using Morse code via CW radios, members of FORX Amateur Radio Club spent Saturday doing what ...

HAM RADIO CONTESTING: The public is invited to the next Whitley County Amateur Radio Club general meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday. The program will be Ham Radio Contesting – For Newcomers ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. — After adjusting the satellite antenna to the north from Whitetop Creek Park in Bristol on Saturday afternoon, an amateur radio operator reached Oklahoma. A handful of members from the ...

According to American Radio Relay League (ARRL), every year since 1933, more than 31,000 amateur radio operators throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to ...

ALLOUEZ, Mich. – At first glance, the excitement of the ham radio contest that William LaBell was taking part in wasn’t obvious. There was much attentive sitting. The occasional twist of a knob. A bit ...

Amateur radio has been around for more than 100 years and, in this day of cell phones, computers and other high-tech devices, ham radio, as it is also known, continues to play an important role in the ...

WINCHESTER — Tim Angell twists a dial on his thick, black Yaesu radio, and hears a hiss, a crackle and a tone rising and falling like a slide whistle. He twists again, and the radio spits out rapid ...