Back in the 1960’s, the entry level amateur radio license was called the novice license. To earn this license, you needed to ...

How radios send and receive information can seem magical to the uninformed. For some people, this week’s Retrotechtacular video, “Frequency Modulation – Part 1 Basic Principles”, from the US Army ...

[Mr. Carlson] bought a Globe Scout Model 40A ham radio transmitter at a hamfest. The 40A was a grand old transmitter full of tubes, high voltage, and a giant transformer. It is really interesting to ...

Although the heyday of AM radio has passed, it remains an integral part of many lives as a means of communication in third-world countries, or simply tuning in for local news and weather. Amplitude ...

MILWAUKEE—Long ago, before Facebook, Twitter and email, ham radio operators were the original social media geeks. And they’re still out there, in greater numbers than ever, chatting and messaging each ...

As I travel up the road, I can see the antennas sticking up above the roofs of the nearby houses. I recognize antennas such ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a world where iPhones enable Internet searches from any location with a good cell signal, ...

In this day and age, there are countless methods of communication, but let's not leave radios in the past. Although smartphones offer similar functions, radios are still a trusted form of ...

BRISTOL, TENN (WCYB) — Ham radio operators across the country spent the weekend off the grid, participating in Field Day, an event designed to test their skills in emergency communication scenarios.