WISDOM, Mont. — Amateur radio operators from all over the world spent a weekend in late January making contact with each other. The real time event was a training exercise to help mitigate potential ...

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 ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — County Emergency Management Amateur Radio Emergency Services’ ham radio operators will be attending a national amateur radio exercise this weekend. According to a ...

Gary Gross is not afraid of a zombie apocalypse. In fact, if one should occur, he will be one of the people on the front lines, fielding emergency communications between first responders and other ...

Amateur Radio Operators known as “hams” and members of the Tahoe Amateur Radio Association will use their short-wave communications expertise July 12 to make the 2003 Tour of the California Alps Death ...

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: ...

CANFIELD — While volunteers tended the gardens outside, inside the barn at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm in Canfield, a handful of ham radio enthusiasts from the Mahoning Valley Amateur Radio ...

The Edmond Amateur Radio Society will join with thousands of amateur radio operators to show off their emergency capabilities June 27-28. During the past year, ham radio operators have provided ...

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) - When Hurricane Hugo devastated South Carolina in 1989, emergency personnel turned to ham radio operators to stay in touch with isolated communities and the outside world. It is a ...

Amateur radio operators — called hams — are always ready to spring into action to provide a vital communications link under the worst conditions, including when electricity and phones are out, and ...

"That's one interesting thing, we practice for a time we hope never comes," said Bothell resident William Harding. Harding is one of the key volunteers working with Bothell to set up what is now a ...