Apr. 15—Peru resident Bill McAlpin said he vividly remembers being a kid and someone giving his father a shortwave radio receiver. Shortly after acquiring it, McAlpin's family strung an antenna up ...

Amateur radio has been around for more than 100 years and, in this day of cell phones, computers and other high-tech devices, ham radio, as it is also known, continues to play an important role in the ...

But ham operators say that like the many frequencies themselves, radio went in several different directions, including the entertainment industry, military use and, of course, the private amateur ...

ABERDEEN • For more than 20 years, amateur radio operator Jim Buffington has traveled to lighthouses along the Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast to activate his equipment at or near the light ...

HUNTINGTON — Ham radio enthusiasts Roy Thompson (call sign KD1RT) of Westfield and Tom Barker (WA1HRH) of New Hampshire were at a pulloff by the Westfield River in Huntington this week, activating a ...

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: ...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — A Marion County woman is taking on her neighborhood association, in a matter she said puts her health at risk. Michelle Smith, a Type 1 Diabetic, and a consultant determined that ...