WINCHESTER — Tim Angell twists a dial on his thick, black Yaesu radio, and hears a hiss, a crackle and a tone rising and falling like a slide whistle. He twists again, and the radio spits out rapid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 6—Dorothy McCracken, known to everyone as a great storyteller, still has a way with words even at 100 years old. From ...

Having a big bookshelf of ham radio books and magazines used to be a point of bragging right for hams. These days, you are more likely to just browse the internet for information. But you can still ...

Pine Belt residents Hugh Garraway and Bob Helfrich shared a common bond from many years ago, but neither realized it until Garraway found a postcard when going through his old ham radio equipment. The ...

Just when one might think there’s nothing new in the world of ham radios, along comes digital, and it’s being embraced due to its flexibility and is less bulky. Ham radio is a popular term for ...

Today we start a new series dedicated to amateur radio for cheapskates. Ham radio has a reputation as a “rich old guy” hobby, a reputation that it probably deserves to some degree. Pick up a glossy ...

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 ...

When Hurricane Maria toppled power lines and knocked out communication to Puerto Rico in 2017, Dennis Boyé got on his ham radio to connect with someone on the island who set up a makeshift amateur ...

Radios and walkie-talkies may seem like relics from your childhood, but nothing can quite compare to the convenience and simplicity of a pair of two-way radios. The freedom from reliance on a cellular ...