But isn’t amateur radio on its way out? “There are almost five times as many ‘hams’ today as there were in the 1950s,” said Allen Pitts, ARRL’s media and public relations manager. “The number of ...

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

Ham radio operators from the Geauga and Lake county areas will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 2 p.m. June 24 until 2 p.m. June 25. The event is ARRL Field Day ...