The Fredericksburg Repeater Operators Group (w5fbg.com), a group of licensed amateur radio operators in Gillespie County, ...

Ignoring all of the regulations, band allocations, and “best amateur practices,” there’s no real fundamental difference between the frequencies allocated to the Family Radio Service (FRS), the General ...

So far in this series, we’ve covered the absolute basics of getting on the air as a radio amateur – getting licensed, and getting a transceiver. Both have been very low-cost exercises, at least in ...

A ham radio operator who was repeatedly warned not to deliberately interfere with other amateur radio operators has been slapped with a $17,000 forfeiture. Commission’s rules are clear on the issue: ...

The circuit was designed to create an automatic repeater that would retransmit a received signal over the amateur radio frequency band. Repeater – a device that regenerates information at a higher ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Veteran amateur radio operator William M. (Bill) Johnson, 86, of Bend, died on Monday, Sept. 20. He was known to his ham (amateur) radio friends by his call sign, N7RGB. Johnson ...

A Bend man is the Ham Radio Operator of the Year for 2015. Joseph Barry was chosen for the award by members of the High Desert Amateur Radio Group (HIDARG). He was also given a service award from the ...

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 ...

Well before the days of the tweet and the status update, people communicated with each other over sweeping distances by quite literally harnessing the earth's magnetic field to send messages via radio ...

Longtime ham radio operator Gerald Gaule wants to spread the word that amateur radio is a great hobby for those who are blind and disabled. Gaule, who was disabled in 2007, said he worked for ...