Once upon a time, ham radio was all about CW and voice transmissions and little else. These days, the hobby is altogether richer, with a wide range of fancy digital data modes to play with.

Amateur, or ham radio operators have always been hackers. For much of the early 1900’s, buying a radio was expensive or impossible. Hams would build their own rigs, learning electronics and radio ...

In part two of Radios in Action by Icom, host Ray Novak interviews DXpedition co-leader Cezar Trifu on the logistics, safety, and teamwork behind activating Bouvet Island, one of ham radio’s most ...

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 ...

Before the internet reduced communication to the whiz of an email or text, sent and received within seconds, people had slower options for staying in touch with each other. Some wrote letters, others ...

When things go sideways, the all-volunteer Santa Cruz County ham radio communications team says, “No Phone, No Electricity, No Problem.” The Santa Cruz Amateur Radio Emergency Service helps at a ...

Back in the 1960’s, the entry level amateur radio license was called the novice license. To earn this license, you needed to learn the Morse code and be able to send and receive Morse code messages at ...