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The weekend's Amateur Radio Field Day, hosted locally at Fort Borst Park, was for some a reunion of family members and friends and a way to connect with fellow ham radio operators. But the Field Day a ... Read more

Emergency medical dispatchers with The Medical Center EMS participated in a statewide drill Monday to test the effectiveness and efficiency of amateur radio for use in disasters when other communicati ... Read more

If regular communication methods -- such as internet, telephones or cell phones, fail, due to an emergency, including natural disaster, how will Cordovans reach the outside world to ask for assistance ... Read more

The city of Monroe recognized the Sky Valley's ham radio operators for their efforts in service and volunteerism. Mayor Geoffrey Thomas proclaimed this June 19-25 Amateur Radio Week during last Tuesda ... Read more

The images from the devastation caused by Hurricane Audrey are still vivid in the mind of the man who is possibly the last living amateur radio operator who helped transfer information as the storm ma ... Read more

This weekend, was without a doubt one of the best Field Days I’ve had the pleasure of particpating in. Except for the loss of a flashlight, everything went off without a hitch. My Field Day got ... Read more

In a draft Report and Order ( ET Docket No. 15-26) to be considered at its July 13 open meeting , the FCC is proposing to lift a nearly 2-decade-old suspension of Amateur Radio access to 76-77 GHz, gi ... Read more

Thursday at 9 PM Eastern time, Jim Wilson, K5ND will be on Ham Talk Live! to talk about the upcoming National Boy Scout Jamboree and the World Scout Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and Jamboree on the Inte ... Read more

Technical Reference/Coax Cables and Connectors Build a SPDT coaxial relay that can be used as a main Transmit/Receive relay or an A-B switch to select between two different 6m antennas Read more

Mark VandeWettering @brainwagon Here is an odd merger of technologies… Spark-gap transmitter and coherer with Beaglebone! youtu.be/eL-ndyN-mGU Louis Barfe  @AlanKelloggs What’s wrong with ... Read more

VERNON TOWNSHIP -- A Roche Park baseball field was transformed into a communications hub over the weekend as amateur radio operators competed against teams from around the country to make contact with ... Read more

When two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in 2001, and four years later when Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast, it was important for emergency officials to be on the same wavelength. ... Read more

Registrations for the 2017 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend ( ILLW ) have topped the 200 mark for the August 19-20 event. The ILLW is 20 years old this year, and with some 8 weeks to go, 220 ... Read more

The commemorative call sign OF1ØØHQ will be on the air during the IARU HF World Championship event July 8-9 to mark Finland’s 100th anniversary. “Finland has been under Swedish and Russian rule, and h ... Read more