[My Ham Radio Journey] wanted to see if a “common person” (in his words) could build an effective vertical ham radio antenna. If you look at the video below, the answer is apparently yes. He started ...

If you’d have asked us for odds on whether you could successfully turn a canned ham into an amateur radio antenna, we’d have declined the offer. Now, having seen [Ben Eadie (VE6SFX)]’s “hamtenna” ...

No one wants these disasters to happen, but if they should, two new ham radio antennas and a remodeled control room at the Red Cross in Greeley could come to the rescue. The additions of the ham ...

I am a 13-year-old amateur radio operator, and a Boy Scout. Ham radio operators help their communities by communicating during natural disasters and other events where normal communication such as ...

Suzanne Ashe has been covering technology, gadgets, video games, and cars for several years. In addition to writing features and reviews for magazines and Web sites, she has contributed to daily ...

A yearlong neighborhood dispute over the appropriateness of a 55-foot amateur radio antenna in the backyard of an Old Town home will drag on for at least a few more months. The City Council on Tuesday ...

Ya gotta watch out for those amateur radio operators. In Omaha recently, ham radio gear was mistaken for a pipe bomb. So the local bomb squad detonated what turned out to be part of a PVC dipole ...

Electrical engineer Ramachandra Bhat Koodur, who has built one of India’s best ham radio stations in Kavoor, recently installed a high-performing Yagi antenna, a directional antenna with a rotator, on ...

Today's Capitol Link deals with the state Board of Elections hearing set for Rep. Mary McAllister and an attempt to stop communities from banning amateur radio antennas. Today's Capitol Link deals ...