Following the class, a FCC licensing test is scheduled for Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Fortuna Fire Department, 320 S. Fortuna Blvd.

Ham radio is no different. The ham radio of today has only a hazy resemblance to the ham radio of the past. I should know. I’ve been a ham for 47 years.

A free 13-week ham radio course for attendees to get their license will be available starting at the Alachua County Emergency Operations Center in Gainesville on Thursday, Sept. 4.

Despite Facebook, Twitter, iPhones and other cutting-edge communication technologies, an increasing number of people are staying in touch using century-old amateur radio. "It's just talking and ...

Not all the hobbyists are gone. You’ll find vintage radio enthusiasts on websites like HamNation.com. According to one source, there are over 600 websites online run by amateur radio geeks.

It is popular to blame new technology for killing things. The Internet killed newspapers. Video killed the radio star. Is FT8, a new digital technology, poised to kill off ham radio? The community … ...

Those bands have long been allocated to amateur radio operations, including for emergency communications, so the community has been campaigning to stop AST from gaining access. It flooded the FCC's ...

A new generation of ham radio operators is keeping the tradition alive by combining decades-old radio techniques with modern technology.

Amateur radio enthusiasts have been preparing for emergencies for decades. Now their expertise is drawing packed rooms of newcomers.

The moniker “ham” as a nickname for amateur radio operators was initially an insult: Professional broadcasters referred to these amaterus as “” as ham-handed.