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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If anyone thinks ham radio is outdated, think again.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 ...

The enthusiastic ambassador for amateur radio has also used his voice to communicate with other devotees who delight in fine tuning radio dials and antennas. As the president of the American Radio ...

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 ...

The dusty vacuum tubes, resistors, capacitors and coils dated back to another age of communications, but the attendees of the Virginia Beach Hamfest earlier this month maintain radio is as relevant in ...

Local ham radio operators were wired and ready during a recent 24-hour emergency communications simulation. But this marathon mission also was an exercise in fun for these dedicated airwave warriors.