Many believe that ham radio is dying with all of the modern communications technology. Not so. There are still three million hams around the world, a quarter in America.

All weekend, amateur radio operators tested their skills in case of emergency – which happens more often than you would think. Ham radio has been around since the early 1900s, and it is considered ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (CBS 58) -- In today's techie world, radio operators are in it more for the hobby rather than necessity. Even still, the National Association for Amateur Radio estimates there are ...

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.

In the 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy added amateur radio operators to his pool of possible subversives. “Hams,” he said, had “tremendous potential for passing out improper information for espionage.” ...

The Elkhorn Valley Amateur Radio Club’s annual Northeast Nebraska Hamfest brings people from all corners of Nebraska and ...

Members of the Jackson Amateur Radio Club gathered Saturday, Sept. 9, at Highlands Presbyterian Church in Ridgeland to participate in “Churches on the Air,” an annual ecumenical event begun in England ...