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 ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Members of the Bluegrass Amateur Radio Society tested their Ham radio equipment at Kentucky Horse Park on Saturday. Ham radio is a form of communication that can be used ...

Jerry Williams, left, and fellow members of the Amateur Radio Klub Earl Holts and Rob Wade test their ham radio equipment in the field Saturday. As part of an annual event called “Field Day,” people ...

At the National Weather Service, meteorologists are surrounded by some of the most up-to-date technology, which they use to track weather systems and dangerous storms. But when the computers go down, ...

LIGHTHOUSE POINT — To the uninitiated, the equipment is an intriguing mass of knobs, switches and microphones. To Juan Granados, it is a window to the world. Ham radio equipment, and its power to take ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Tony Lystra on Sep 5, 2022 at 7:00 am September 9, 2022 at 7:48 am ...

A housewife in North Carolina makes friends over the radio with another ham in Lithuania. An Ohio teenager uses his computer to upload a digital chess move to an orbiting space satellite, where it's ...

The international space station also happens to be the world’s highest radio station — and now the groundwork is being laid for direct transmission of pictures as well as sound between Earth and outer ...

I figure hey, we're all nerds! I have no doubt someone else here is into Ham radio. My dad gave me all of his ham gear, and I mean all of it. I'm working on my Technician license, and honestly the ...

For Neeraj Sharma, the thrill is in being able to send and receive messages without depending on a third party and being among a niche set of backups. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint (Priyanka ...

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 ...