Ham Radio News

While many will be sunning, swimming and barbecuing on July 4th, Cal Fire's Volunteers in Prevention will be patrolling throughout the County.

Chip Morgan, of Spring Grove, sits in his tent while attempting to contact other amateur radio operators across North America and the world from Codorus State Park during the annual ham radio 24-hour Field Day ...

Charlie Sufana sat in Big Blue, Lake County's self-contained mobile communications vehicle, tapping out a series of dots and dashes that relayed an identification number and location.

A 21-year-old Sterling man was found dead July 1 in the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in Leesburg.

Preparation for an emergency is vital for any organization and a local group of ham radio operators participated in a 24-hour nation-wide exercise this past weekend at the Poplarville City Park for just that ...

That's when emergency crews rely on Amateur Radio. Over the past 24 hours.. thousands of Ham Operators tested their skills at "Field Day" in South Whitehall.

Licensed radio ham operators from throughout Putnam corresponded with fellow "hams" from across the U.S. and as far as Wales during the American Radio Relay League's annual Field Day.

Field Day has been around much longer than 77-year-old Bob Boswell of Dallas can recall.

For 75 years, amateur radio operators across the country have been providing emergency communications when other systems failed or overloaded in a crisis.

During Hurricane Katrina, amateur radio - often called "ham radio" - was often the only way people could communicate, and hundreds of volunteer "hams" traveled south to save lives and property. When trouble is brewing, ham radio people are often the first to provide critical information and communications.

Each year, ham radio enthusiasts take their equipment into unusual locations to test and make sure their systems are ready to get the message through.

Ham radio operators showed off their emergency communications capabilities today.

Mike Mayberry, of South Jacksonville, establishes communication with a man from Tennessee with a ham radio Saturday at the South Jacksonville Fire Department prior to the American Radio Relay Field Day.

They're the people that show up to help on the scene of disasters... that you don't hear about.

By Jessica J. Saggio July 02, 2008 WINTER SPRINGS-As the heat sizzled Saturday afternoon, six working stations lined with antennas, microphones, computers and HAM radios scattered the parameter of Central Winds ...

Local ham radio operators will exhibit the capabilities of emergency communications Local ham radio operators will exhibit the capabilities of emergency communications from 11 a.m. Saturday, June 28, to 11 a.m. ...

The Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club showcased some of the newest satellite and digital capabilities for ham radios Saturday afternoon, all while competing against other operators across the globe during the ...

Dubbed the "Western Pacific Telegraph and Experimenters Society," the project aims to research and interpret early means of telecommunication on the Western Pacific Railroad.

From 11 a.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday, area residents will be able to talk to folks around the country and perhaps around the world as local ham radio operators participate in a nationwide field day.

With things like computers, satellite cable and even the iPhone, technology is at our fingertips.

Amateur radio enthusiast Bob Herrin caught the bug for amateur radio 15 years ago.

Some volunteers in Macon know firsthand just how important clean-up and rebuilding initiatives can be after severe weather.