Around 300 enthusiasts, from students to longtime professionals, attended the 27th annual event at LIU Brookville Saturday.

Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during ...

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

Bulletin: ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal ...

That name stuck, and like thousands of woodpeckers, ham radio operators on spark-gap transmitters tapped out everything from weather to mom's recipe for apple pie until the technology improved to ...

What if you could broadcast signals across the globe using just a credit-card-sized computer and a handful of components? It might sound like a scene from a sci-fi novel, but with a Raspberry Pi and ...

Two years ago, in my home state of Kentucky, we had a devastating tornado that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency ...

When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, some of my neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.

As the world adjusts to a new era of rising temperatures and more severe weather-related disasters, governments across Canada have been turning to a decidedly old-school form of communication: the ham ...

Even if you are relatively young, you can probably think back on what TV was like when you were a kid and then realize that TV today is completely different. Most people watch on-demand. Saturday ...

Dogs bay at it. Lovers swoon under it. And some people like to bounce their voices off it. The first two are easy, but sending a voice signal 239,200 miles to the moon and back is not quite as simple.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. By any metric, the New York Marathon is an immense production. The ...