Amateur Radio operators are generally free-thinking individualists who don't mind getting their hands dirty to get something done right. Many of us do not think twice about buying a brand-new radio ...

NEW RINGGOLD – While some ham radio operators tapped out transmissions with keyers or talked into microphones at an annual gathering of amateur radio operators Saturday, others typed them in, as if ...

The average person’s perception of a ham radio operator, assuming they even know what that means, is more than likely some graybeard huddled over the knobs of a war-surplus transmitter in the wee ...

The Internet Archive's DLARC is haven for radio amateurs, shortwave enthusiasts, long-distance radio reception clubs and a whole lot more.

Join us on Wednesday, July 13 at noon Pacific for The Digital Ham Hack Chat with Rosy Schechter and John Hays! For most of its existence, amateur radio has been the quintessence of the analog arts.

When it launches, possibly this weekend, the latest Space Shuttle mission will include the first digital Amateur Radio TV (DATV) in space. The Amateur Radio Station will be housed in the Columbus ...

N4AA: Carl Smith’s rapid-fire CW operation accounted for 300 contacts at this year's Field Day. photos by Max Cooper On a stifling late-June day, a tangle of wires snakes through the open door of the ...

Many of today’s experienced engineers got their start in electronics through amateur, or “ham,” radio. (Many theories exist over the origin of the term “ham radio,” but there is no consensus.) Over ...

In an age where new cutting-edge technology is coming out almost daily and social media dominates people's lives, ham radio operators like Richard Holmes are keeping things old school. Holmes is a ...

A large-scale digital library 'DLARC (Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications)' collecting materials on amateur radio and early digital communicationInternet ArchiveAnnounced the start of ...

WHEN you think of the instant communication at our fingertips thanks to web-enabled mobile devices and the social media explosion of Twitter and Facebook, it's easy to dismiss amateur radio as a dusty ...

Radios and walkie-talkies may seem like relics from your childhood, but nothing can quite compare to the convenience and simplicity of a pair of two-way radios. The freedom from reliance on a cellular ...