When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, amateur ham radio operators step in to bridge the gap, ...

In this letter to the editor, the author responds to our call-to-action asking readers to share how Hurricane Helene ...

Around thirty people have been evacuated from a residential tower block in east London after a fire broke out. The balcony ...

But there’s a way to communicate without cell signals or internet, and about 750,000 people across the country know how to use it: amateur radio. Also known as ham radio, this old-school method ...

An old form of communication is proving vital in hurricane recovery efforts as amateur radio operators across North Carolina ...

Zeke Wheeler, 13, asked his dad at the age of 8 what it would take to talk with an astronaut. Neither of them had the answer ...

While some residents in hurricane-impacted areas can't send texts or make calls, amateur radio enthusiasts are helping ...

Radio became the one form of communication left in rural North Carolina after Helene took out power and cell service.

Allen Perkins, N1ATS, has retired from his position as Cumberland County amateur radio emergency coordinator. A member of the ...

As wildfires become a more frequent and dangerous part of life, especially in the Pacific Northwest, finding solutions that ...

[Laughs] Some people are still using pieces of that tower for ham radio. Radio Ink: I guess at least it went to good re-use in that regard. So despite the loss of the physical station, you’ve ...