Ham radio is well-suited to the latter role because ... 2001 dealt a crippling blow to the city’s communications ...

But there’s a way to communicate without cell signals or internet, and about 750,000 people across the country know how to ...

These skilled volunteers use their equipment to establish communication networks, often when cell towers are down and ... The biggest drill is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Field ...

The National Transportation Safety Board's findings did not indicate what caused the Oct. 20 crash Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty A helicopter that went on a sightseeing tour crashed into ...

A century-old technology has been added to Petersburg's fire hall for emergency communication when all else fails. Amateur ...

When you think of directional ham radio antennas, you probably think of ... These antennas usually are in a horizontal configuration up on a high tower. However, it is possible to build beams ...

Gary Robinson shows us how to pass data without an 802.11a/b/g/n device using your PC, Fldigi and an Amateur Radio transceiver. This is one of the ways that FEMA and other aid agencies send supply ...

testing it and getting it to connect to the ham radio they had learned about in space. "They were able to reach the ISS repeater tower, but they still couldn't get into the ISS to contact an ...