When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, some of my neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.

Even if you are relatively young, you can probably think back on what TV was like when you were a kid and then realize that TV today is completely different. Most people watch on-demand. Saturday ...

Tom Beckett gestures toward a window on the third floor of the Durham County Main Library. “We’re in the middle of a geomagnetic storm,” he announces. The room chuckles. There are no swirling vortexes ...

Full disclosure: ham radio isn’t for everyone, and there are many different facets to it. What appeals to one person might bore another to death. One area of ham radio that has changed a lot in the ...

When Helene swept across the Southeast on Sept. 27, including Western North Carolina, cell phones and internet-based communication became unusable. People still needed a way to talk — to check on ...

Members of the Jackson Amateur Radio Club gathered Saturday, Sept. 9, at Highlands Presbyterian Church in Ridgeland to participate in “Churches on the Air,” an annual ecumenical event begun in England ...

Carnegie Mellon University assistant teaching professor Tom Zajdel demonstrates during a radio broadcasting class. Carnegie Mellon University first offered the Introduction to Amateur Radio course to ...

The Elkhorn Valley Amateur Radio Club’s annual Northeast Nebraska Hamfest brings people from all corners of Nebraska and ...

In 1972, Martin Jue was a young entrepreneur who decided to use his electrical engineering expertise to start a new business, MFJ Enterprises, in Starkville, his adopted hometown. The cottage industry ...

The basement of Zeke Wheeler’s house in Southwest Portland is a young scientist’s dream. The 13-year-old has computers, soldering irons, magnifying glasses, remote-controlled airplanes, a 3D printer ...