What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?

Of all the hundreds of science fiction tales I digested as a boy, nothing so firmly shaped my nascent understanding of infinity as Orson Welles’s 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds. I’m not saying I was one of those naifs who looked under the bed for little green men–as a suburban teenager in the 1970s I was already far too sophisticated for such silliness.

Ham-radio operators are the ‘eyes and ears’ of Bothell (Washington)

They’re set to aid city emergency workers in case of a disaster

“That’s one interesting thing, we practice for a time we hope never comes,” said Bothell resident William Harding.

Are you reading me? (New Zealand)

Radio enthusiasts are breathing life into a dormant frequency at a Bucklands Beach station. Kieran Nash listens in.

In a beautiful art deco building overlooking the Hauraki Gulf, a group of amateur radio enthusiasts are reviving a radio frequency that harks back to the days of the Titanic.

Students to talk to astronaut during space station ‘fly-by’ (Texas)

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who speaks English, will be contacted by Tri-County Amateur Radio Club of Azle from a radio station set up in the school’s gym.

The local ham operators arranged the conversation through Johnson Space Center’s ham radio organization, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS).

Weather spotters prep for storm season (Minnesota)

Austin is no stranger to severe weather once temperatures start to climb, and no one knows that more intimately than the network of weather spotters who cover Mower County.

A public Skywarn training at Crane Community Chapel on Tuesday gave experienced spotters a timely review and first-timers a taste of what watching storms is all about.

Ham of the Year came late to radio calling (Wisconsin)

Getting to an Onalaska Ham radio operator involves parking near a mailbox made from a computer, crabbing sideways through a garage full-to-the-rafters with crated and boxed old computers and electronics, past a ‘saint’ of a wife and down to the basement full of radios. Carl Thurston of Onalaska is the Riverland Amateur Radio Club’s Ham of the Year. His call is KC9HDS.

FCC Wants to Help Hams Participate in Disaster Drills

The commission proposes to change its rules to make it easier for amateur radio operators to take part in disaster drills in order to help in emergencies.

The Federal Communications Commission says it recognizes that hams play a vital role in times of disasters, especially when land mobile radio services are damaged or overloaded.

Amateur radio operators help with tsunami warning test (California)

You may have seen the billboards lit up along Highway 101 telling you there would be a tsunami warning test Wednesday.

Tim Hanna, a member of the Mendocino County Amateur Radio Communications Service, participated in a portion of the test involving the use of Ham radios.

Glitch delays launch of new ham radio web site

The ARRL reports that the launch of its new web site has been delayed following problems that appeared as the huge computer programs were being transferred to their main Web server.

Weather spotters always needed for severe storms (Nebraska)

Modern technology is helpful, but trained spotters are still a crucial cog in the severe weather alert system, Region 5/6 Emergency Management director Bill Pook said.

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