Seeking reliable backup communication in a crisis, emergency managers are finding new solutions in an old technology: ham radio.

Cory Golob and his wife, Beckie, pose at their Sabattus home with their current ham radio setup. In the foreground are two of the first ham radios they made, from Altoids mint containers when they ...

Amateur radio operators participate in the National Weather Service’s SKYWARN program. The International Space Station has a ham-radio setup and nearly all U.S. astronauts are licensed operators.

WACOM is participating in the 2025 AARL Field Day, an annual 24-hour event where “hams” gather to practice their emergency communications skills, and teach visitors about the importance of ham radio ...

These were set up to receive FT8 transmissions, a popular digital ham radio mode, which allowed [Eric] to automate data collection completely.

Advocate staff photo by BRAD BOWIE -- Jackie Wallace, callsign KF5PCH, left, and Ric Wallace, callsign KF5KEL, configure their Ham radio setup on Saturday at the Horse Farm during the annual ...

A ham radio signal can even be patched into a phone line and used to make a phone call. Before cell phones, it was possible to make calls from a vehicle that had a ham radio set up.

As Kerala prepares for the onslaught of another monsoon, ham radio operators are setting up stations at major dam sites to negate communication breakdowns in an emergency.

FAIRBANKS — Keith Stebbings of Joseph, Ore., is one of the first of this year’s crop of long-distance bicyclists to head from Alaska to the Lower 48, but I don’t ...

G Alden with his “ham radio” set-up at Pease Air Force Base in 1961. Long before the Internet, dedicated radio enthusiasts spent countless hours trying to contact one another using equipment ...