Following the 2007 storm, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (pictured) funded improvements to the state's amateur radio infrastructure with a $250,000 grant for Winlink systems in each of the state's 36 ...

Many amateur radio operators are stepping in to help emergency workers during Tropical Storm Hermine. The radio operators are volunteers who provide a variety of services, including emergency ...

SUMTER, S.C. — It was September of 1989 and the wind and rain of Hurricane Hugo were battering the state. Vic Jones was the director of emergency services in Sumter at the time, and remembers the ...

Any licensed ham radio operator in the Carolinas, and across the country for that matter, likely knows the name of 99-year-old Oscar Norris. Norris, who lives in Gastonia, first became a ham radio ...

Phillip and Vincenzo Mazzarella know what they’ll be doing on the fourth weekend in June every year. The father and son are amateur radio operators. They join fellow members of the Eastern Connecticut ...

Longtime ham radio operator Gerald Gaule wants to spread the word that amateur radio is a great hobby for those who are blind and disabled. Gaule, who was disabled in 2007, said he worked for ...

A ham radio operator who was repeatedly warned not to deliberately interfere with other amateur radio operators has been slapped with a $17,000 forfeiture. Commission’s rules are clear on the issue: ...

John Mitchell sits in front of his amateur "ham" radio setup, including a screen showing a map of the world and designated places he can reach and speak with other ham radio operators on Wednesday, ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - According to the American Radio Relay League, Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the U.S. and Canada. The point of the radio field day is ...

When the big one hits the Puget Sound region, one of the best technologies to rely on for communication may NOT be cell phones or computers. It could be radio. Amateur radio. The City of Seattle has ...

Courtesy of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management In the last 100 years, there have only been five magnitude 9.0 or higher "megaquakes" worldwide. The pressure currently building in the Cascadia ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — County Emergency Management Amateur Radio Emergency Services’ ham radio operators will be attending a national amateur radio exercise this weekend. According to a ...