WILTON >> Saratoga County amateur “ham” radio operators will hold an annual field day event on Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28 at Wilton EMS headquarters on Jones Road, just off Route 50 in Wilton.
SUMTER, S.C. — It was September of 1989 and the wind and rain of Hurricane Hugo were battering the state. Vic Jones was the director of emergency services in Sumter at the time, and remembers the ...
Amateur radio operators on the North Olympic Peninsula will participate in the American Radio Relay League’s International Field Day on Saturday. The purpose of the annual Field Day is to acquaint the ...
Members of the Ascension Amateur Radio Club practiced the skills necessary to operate with alternative power under emergency or disaster conditions during a national Field Day exercise June 21. They ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Amateur radio enthusiasts from across the country came together to test their communication abilities. The Kaw Valley Amateur Radio Club joined the National Radio Field Day ...
Phone or internet communication could be lost in a natural disaster. The Copperas Cove Repeater Association teamed up with city emergency management to brush up on their communication skills at the ...
Phillip and Vincenzo Mazzarella know what they’ll be doing on the fourth weekend in June every year. The father and son are amateur radio operators. They join fellow members of the Eastern Connecticut ...
TAVARES – If calamity strikes, Doug Rehman and other local ham-radio operators will be ready to jump in and help with critical communications. This weekend, Rehman and other Lake County amateur radio ...
In an emergency, all Jim Hogarth of Harleysville needs is a battery, an antenna and his ham radio. With those, he won’t need electricity, a cell phone or even a television to find out what’s happening ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Dots and dashes darted through the airwaves long before text or instant messages, even before e-mail, cell phones or telephone lines. While these new forms of communication ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wayne Rash is a technology and science writer based in Washington. For twenty-four hours over the weekend of June 27 and 28, 2020, ...
The message "CQ-field day," which is ham radio code for "calling any station, requesting a response," filled the air as Silver Springs Radio Club members gathered for a 24-hour national disaster ...