Japan’s Ham Radio Ops Provide Relief

The 8.9 earthquake near Sendai, Japan on March 11th, has caused the people of this island nation to struggle each day for their survival and with their recovery efforts. This earthquake has been noted as the worst in 140 years. As a result, the side effects of such an unprecedented earthquake is the tsunami, rolling [...]

Please Help The People Of Japan Today!

Like so many others around the world, Google is following the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami

A Chinese Invasion ???

I recently noticed that some of the better known Ham Radio stores like AES and Universal Radio now sell the TYT and the WOUXUN (pronounced Oh- Sheng) HT’s

ARRL Sends Ham Aid To Haiti

The ARRL invites contributions to the Ham Aid Fund from hams who wish to help ARRL deploy equipment where it is needed most.

Ham Ops First to Report Haiti Quake

Ham radios were on the air within an hour of getting the news about the earthquake in Haiti.

Hospitals, Emergencies and Ham Radio

When all other communication systems go down in an emergency such as a hurricane, ham radio operators are the last ones who are still talking to one another.

AM FM WX & 2 Meters? HUH???

The addition of the 2-Meter Ham band may make the CCRadio-2 a life saver during an emergency like hurricane Katrina.

EmComm – Have We Forgotten Our Roots?

Cold War Amateur Radio Operators,  EmComm, Appliance Operators and 9/11.  What is the linkage between these terms? Cold War Amateurs is a term I recently ran into on another blog. As I understood it, the term relates to the older, more technically refined and highly respected generation of the Amateur Radio operators among us.  In my [...]

Middle School Kids Learn About Shortwave Radio

Youngsters today are consumed by cellphones and the Internet. However, a lesson was learned during an area power outage.

HR 2160 Gains More Support in Congress

HR 2160 would “promote and encourage the valuable public service, disaster relief, and emergency communications provided on a volunteer basis by licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service”. How Important is that to all Amateur Radio Operators!