HAM radio may seem antiquated by today's standards, but there are still plenty of good reasons to get licensed.

From rural Ohio to the ISS, amateur radio connects people when all else fails, blending community, resilience and global ...

John D. Hays, an IT manager in Edmonds, Wash., devotes most of his spare time these days to helping develop a communications system that’s designed to integrate portable two-way radios with the global ...

When Helene swept across the Southeast on Sept. 27, including Western North Carolina, cell phones and internet-based communication became unusable. People still needed a way to talk — to check on ...