Jim Charlong works his Morse code key. All photos courtesy of Parks Canada. GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia — On Dec.17, 1902, from the seaside Table Head radio station at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Guglielmo ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Washington — WASHINGTON--Think of ham radio, and the image that crops up may be of a ‘50s whiz kid building his own receiver, or a retiree tapping out Morse code in some darkened room: at best an ...

Lakeville >> Lee Collins spends hours chatting with friends and acquaintances each week as he is nestled in a second floor room at his comfortable and secluded home in the Lime Rock section of ...

I recently spoke with David Sumner (K1ZZ), the CEO of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), at the Dayton Hamvention, the big ham conference held every year in Dayton, Ohio. If you’re a ham, you know ...

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.

It’s like something out of a war story from the past — a man sends Morse code messages to let people know he’s alive in the worst of times. It wasn’t years ago though. It was just under a month ago, ...

Like a black-and-white movie, ham radio can evoke an image of how people communicated long ago. But ask someone in emergency management about ham radio, and you'll find that this medium of ...