At the height of the Cold War when I was 13 years old, I got my amateur (ham) radio novice license. From the confines of a cramped closet in my bedroom, my “ham shack,” I talked via Morse code night ...

Two years ago, in my home state of Kentucky, we had a devastating tornado that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency ...

Photo by Doug Loyer Richard Miller, President of the Marietta Amateur Radio Club watches club member Matt Pooler making contact with another station. MARIETTA — The Marietta Amateur Radio Club ...

Through Dec. 24, children can talk to Santa — all they need is access to amateur radio equipment. Children, also known as “little harmonics” in amateur radio lingo, can call “the North Pole” through ...

The suits at Hack-a-Day reached out to SolderSmoke HQ and asked me to send in a few words about why their readers should take a fresh look at ham radio. Here goes: When you start looking into amateur ...

That’s amateur radio. From his home in Punta Gorda, Marty Purselley can communicate with other ham radio operators all over the world. “We can see England, Puerto Rico. We can see France, Canada, ...

Ham radio operator Dwight Holtzen works out of the VFW Post 3115 in west Wichita earlier this month. Go to Kansas.com to watch a video from the VFW Post 3115 ham radio operation. (Jan. 8, 2016) ...