that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency responders started hitting the scene, they heard amateur (ham) radio operators ...

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that Brent Corbin is a professor of physics. In fact, Corbin is a lecturer. This post was updated Sept. 24 at 8:18 p.m. Seeing my ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York teachers gathered at Staten Island Technical High School to learn more about radio technology and its role in shaping the future. To bring this knowledge to the ...

For strictly simple stuff you should be able to pick up a CB (citizen band) radio for under $100. This is what truckers and motorists use, and the law enforcement types generally monitor the emergency ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. — George Roth built his first shortwave radio when he was in sixth grade. “In grade school, being able to hear radio stations from far away places was very interesting to me,” Roth said ...

Mobile phones have made communication easier for everyone especially if your friends and family are living in remote rural areas. But what if you aren't able to reach your family living in these ...

What if you could broadcast signals across the globe using just a credit-card-sized computer and a handful of components? It might sound like a scene from a sci-fi novel, but with a Raspberry Pi and ...

Tom Beckett gestures toward a window on the third floor of the Durham County Main Library. “We’re in the middle of a geomagnetic storm,” he announces. The room chuckles. There are no swirling vortexes ...

Two years ago, in my home state of Kentucky, we had a devastating tornado that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency ...