Staff photo / Bob Coupland Frank Sole of Poland, left, and Andrew Brincko of Youngstown, who are both ham radio operators, look over material on the May 31, 1985, tornado during which they both helped ...
A group of hobbyists who have become experts in a low-tech form of communication are now a vital link helping local first responders in the event of a worst-case scenario. Bruce Wolfe likes to spend ...
Jerry Williams, left, and fellow members of the Amateur Radio Klub Earl Holts and Rob Wade test their ham radio equipment in the field Saturday. As part of an annual event called “Field Day,” people ...
Over the weekend, West Virginia's Emergency Management Division amateur radio club hit airwaves to help emergency management ...
This is only a test. The muffled words and numbers coming through the crackle of headphones at the American Red Cross office Saturday are part of a field day test by the Deep East Texas Amateur Radio ...
More Americans than ever have been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as amateur radio operators, and those in the know say that emergency communications is driving their passion to be ...
If anyone thinks ham radio is outdated, think again. When a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti in January and knocked out most communications — even cell phones — ham radio operators were able to ...
NITK's HAM radio project enhances emergency communication and education across schools and colleges in coastal Karnataka, ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Hurricane Matthew's winds toppled trees, knocking out some of our main sources of power and communication. IF a stronger storm were strike our area, what is our last line ...
HOOKIPA — Before Facebook, Twitter and the advent of the internet brought instant communication to the masses, amateur radio allowed friends, family and strangers to talk on opposite sides of the ...
America was reminded of the critical role of amateur radio in the past weeks as ham operators came from all over the country to provide emergency communications when other systems failed during ...
The ham radio operators who brought their equipment to a downtown Babylon village parking lot on Saturday were there in part to do what they often do from home: communicate with fellow amateur-radio ...
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