HF gear is made to talk over long distances ... Some old hams say the Internet is ruining ham radio. I say it is changing ham radio just like it has changed virtually everything else.

Many Ham Radio operators ... where radio operators are encouraged to set up stations in conditions that might occur after a natural disaster. Usually, this means taking over some park or camp ...

But there’s a way to communicate without cell signals or internet, and about 750,000 people across the country know how to use it: amateur radio. Also known as ham radio, this old-school method ...