The amateur radio population is certainly aging, but overall the hobby itself is not yet dead ... I have been a Ham for over 65 years and have observed both sides of the coin.

Remote ham radio operation over the Internet requires several things to come together. Controlling the radio is fairly simple … many newer radios have provisions for accepting remote commands to ...

Ham Radio vs. Broadband Internet over Power Line Technology (BPL) ... Tests have been performed by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) that have shown users listening with BPL off and on.

Ham radio will fade out of existence if it fails to provide something the internet can’t: anonymous point-to-point communication. Let me talk without doxxing myself. Let me play music over the ...

Justin Stewart and Monique Golub take to the airwaves at Sherbrook Community School. One amateur radio veteran of more than 50 years, Doug McArthur (whose call-sign is VK3UM), lived through the ...

How easy is it to interconnect in this modern-day world? Obviously, in the age of social media, one person can talk to thousands in the time it takes to hit a “send” button. But in the world of ...

But you can go from can’t hear anything to hearing stuff all over the world.” Ancelet and members of the Acadiana Amateur Radio Association participate Saturday in Field Day, an annual event ...

For a small group of bitcoin enthusiasts, the internet is a vulnerability. They're using satellites, ham radios, and mesh networks to stay current on the cryptocurrency.

Ham radio operators are sounding the alarm over the latest threat to their beloved hobby—and this time, it is coming from Wall Street. A group of high-frequency trading firms is asking the ...

Ham radio operators use a variety of radio bands to communicate over long distances, allowing them to reach areas far outside the disaster zone. This enables them to relay messages and information ...