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 ...

Finding a satellite 22,000 miles above Earth's surface requires precision. Tim Keller, of Coram, positioned a dish antenna outside the Longwood Youth Center on Saturday, aiming it toward the GOES ...

Beralso / SpaceCam1 SpaceCam1's first picture from orbit shows the space station's Expedition 13 logo mounted on a window ... to the station from licensed ham-radio operators, Mann said.

When emergency responders started hitting the scene, they heard amateur (ham) radio operators systematically offering reports, relaying desperately needed information, and, in general, offering ...

Welcome to the world of ham radio, a pastime, a hobby and an emergency response tool that has been around for more than a century. Its United States headquarters, American Radio Relay League ...

73, have fun,” signing off with numbers that mean “best regards” among ham radio operators. The transmission was one of hundreds made by licensed operators from the Great South Bay Amateur ...

What are ham radios? In short, ham radio operators are amateur radio enthusiasts who communicate with one another via radio frequencies assigned specifically to this community by the Federal ...

In the corporeal world he is Lee Jiann-shing, a 71-year-old retired bakery owner, husband, father of five, grandfather of eight and a ham radio enthusiast for 30 years. Every week, he is the first ...

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.

Tonight, a local man got stuck back in December with no cell services on an icy road in Pittsburg with an injured passenger, and the way he was able to get help, was by ham radio. Plus ...