[Alan Wolke] aka [w2aew] was challenged to repair a friends Yaesu FT-7800 ham radio. This radio operates on two ham bands, 2 m VHF and 70 cm UHF. The complaint was that the 2 m side was not working ...

ATLANTA – Seeking reliable backup communication in a crisis, emergency managers are finding new solutions in an old technology: ham radio. “It’s just another avenue, another opportunity for us to be ...

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3115 runs a fairly standard operation. For years, the post – at Douglas and Anna in west Wichita – has been known as a place where veterans can relax and socialize. But ...

When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico last year, the island went dark and it lost modern forms of communication. Most cell phones were useless. Landlines died. It was difficult to communicate with ...