Feb. 16—PENDLETON — As several students huddled around him, Mike Cook strained to hear a clear voice through crackling static coming from the speaker of his ham radio console. "Some people can't hear ...

There was a time when ham radio operators were known for having long conversations over the radio — rag chewing, as they called it. A new program, LongChat, is a new entry into the ham radio software ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - When severe weather is in the forecast, a sometimes-forgotten group of people tune in to help relay important information. The technology behind HAM radios is about 130 years old ...

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 ...

On Saturday morning, Brian Rozelle, call sign AB3RW of the Frederick Amateur Radio Club, slowly and methodically turns the dial of his ham radio, listening through the static, hoping to make contact ...

REEDSPORT — Ham radio is a radio communications system operated by amateurs and can be an essential tool when there is a loss of normal means of communication and to assist in emergency preparedness.