ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) — Hurricane Helene claimed at least 230 lives across several states, as well as destroyed homes and businesses in its path. It left survivors without power and cell ...

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 ...

A group of about a dozen amateur radio operators from Long Island had already contacted dozens of others from around the country just minutes into American Radio Relay League Field Day Saturday ...

When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, some of my neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (CBS 58) -- In today's techie world, radio operators are in it more for the hobby rather than necessity. Even still, the National Association for Amateur Radio estimates there are ...

WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — It was a big weekend in the world of ham radio in Wayne County. Ham radio, or amateur radio, is a popular hobby people use to talk across town or around the world or to send out ...

SUMTER, S.C. — It was September of 1989 and the wind and rain of Hurricane Hugo were battering the state. Vic Jones was the director of emergency services in Sumter at the time, and remembers the ...

Gab fest with ham radios, good times along with enhanced training, Mountain Amateur Radio Club Field Day this weekend in Lake George highlights alternative modes of emergency notifications. “We set up ...

Carnegie Mellon University assistant teaching professor Tom Zajdel demonstrates during a radio broadcasting class. Carnegie Mellon University first offered the Introduction to Amateur Radio course to ...

MANTECA (CBS13) — A San Joaquin County man is credited with saving his friend's life from hundreds of miles away. A small black ham radio travels with Bill Scott everywhere. "On Saturdays, I'll hear ...