Ham radio, or amateur radio , has remained a steadfast communication method since its inception. This form of communication has retained its importance and relevance in a rapidly digitizing world.

Already, [Balint] has put up 5 tutorials and made the flowgraph files available in his gr-baz project. He’s doing a wonderful job opening up the software-defined radio scene to beginners, but he ...

WSPR was produced by Joe Taylor, a ham operator (K1JT) and Nobel Physics prize winner. In the past, he’s developed other transmission/reception methods to help with moonbounce and meteor scatter ...

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a ham radio transmitter! Learn how to build an SDR setup for global communication with this ...

In a disaster, ham radio operators create self-organized networks to relay messages in and out of affected areas. In the US, they're regulated by the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).

ATLANTA – Seeking reliable backup communication in a crisis, emergency managers are finding new solutions in an old technology: ham radio. “It’s just another avenue, another opportunity for ...

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 ...

At a ham radio convention near St. Louis, the crowd swapping antenna parts and other equipment is mostly male, and over 50. But 15-year-old Jonathan Dunn is attending along with his father.

There was a time when ham radio operators were known for having long conversations over the radio — rag chewing, as they called it. A new program, LongChat, is a new entry into the ham radio … ...