This app brings back memories of my trips to Radio Shack back in the day to look at scanners to listen to police, fire, aircraft and other emergency frequencies. SuperScanner! (US$9.99) recreates ...
DULUTH - They are considered the last line of communication. When everything else fails, they can bridge the communication gap and connect people. Doug Nelson and Dave Miller are just two of the ...
FREMONT — The first Saturday of every month, Bernhard Hailer and his ham radio buddies go on a hunt. With antennas made mostly of plastic pipes and metal tape measurers pointing out of car windows, ...
Like a black-and-white movie, ham radio can evoke an image of how people communicated long ago. But ask someone in emergency management about ham radio, and you'll find that this medium of ...
Jack Dellinger likes modern communications as well as the next fellow. The York Township resident has seven phones and four computers in his home, and a cell phone always with him. Yet when it comes ...
BRENTWOOD — When a major disaster occurs, be it fire, earthquake or something else, neighborhoods could be cut off from rescue services and need to take care of themselves. Those trained in emergency ...
WALNUT CREEK — For years, Larry Loomer did what many people do when challenged to think about the Big One — the catastrophic earthquake that experts predict will happen sooner rather than later in ...
Editor's note: This content was published by the City of Mercer Island. Your City's "hams" will join with thousands of amateur radio operators who will be showing off their emergency capabilities this ...
More Americans than ever have been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as amateur radio operators, and those in the know say that emergency communications is driving their passion to be ...