Ham radio operators from the Delaware Valley are among thousands taking part in a nationwide emergency communications exercise this weekend.

Those bands have long been allocated to amateur radio operations, including for emergency communications, so the community has been campaigning to stop AST from gaining access. It flooded the FCC's ...

For many participants in the world of amateur radio, the initial draw can be something like the ability to talk to people from around the world.

More Americans than ever have been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as amateur radio operators, and those in the know say that emergency communications is driving their passion to ...

Locally, amateur radio operators provide communications support for large-scale, pre-planned events, such as the Pittsburgh Marathon and the Great Race, Mente said.

Our local EOC-affiliated ham radio club is opening up a 13-week Thursday night class to pass your Technician FCC license test and get going in ham radio ...

Also called "ham radio," it is wireless voice communications that can reach "ham operators" up to hundreds of miles away, sometimes thousands. Amateur radio is often a hobby, but can also be a ...

How to find a ham Search for amateur radio operators in a given area on the Federal Communications Commission’s website. Search online for a local radio club.

But you can still have, virtually, that big shelf of old ham books, thanks to the DLARC — the digital library of Amateur Radio and Communications.