that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency responders started hitting the scene, they heard amateur (ham) radio operators ...

Across Alabama, emergency communications systems fell silent this week when tornadoes knocked down antennas and cell phone towers. Amateur radio operators are helping to restore emergency ...

Recent changes in licensing rules that will no longer require knowing Morse Code will open long-distance ham-radio frequencies to more people by the end of this month, they said. The code requirement ...

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(TNS) - A scrambled voice fills the room sounding like someone trying to talk under water intermixed with variable modulated frequency sounds one might hear from a music keyboard synthesizer. A person ...

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