The small room near the top of the USS Kidd is tight, with just about enough room for a ham radio and, at a stretch, four people. For ham operators Pam and Jeff Welsh, it's all the space they need. On ...

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 ...

Through Dec. 24, children can talk to Santa — all they need is access to amateur radio equipment. Children, also known as “little harmonics” in amateur radio lingo, can call “the North Pole” through ...

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The basement of Zeke Wheeler’s house in Southwest Portland is a young scientist’s dream. The 13-year-old has computers, soldering irons, magnifying glasses, remote-controlled airplanes, a 3D printer ...

Rocker Joe Walsh has led a full life. Here, he opens up about his days of alcohol abuse, differences playing in The Eagles and James Gang and his passion for ham radio.

CADILLAC — Despite his busy schedule Wednesday, Santa Claus took time to chat with children in Wexford County. Cadillac’s ham ...

The International Space Station cost more than $100 billion. A ham radio set can be had for a few hundred bucks. Perhaps that explains, in part, the appeal of having one of humankind’s greatest ...

Santa took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to kids over ham radio at the Museum of Radio and Technology.

On Wednesday morning, students at Coastal Community School in Satellite Beach sat eagerly, watching two large screens showing the International Space Station as a pinpoint as it flew around the globe.