If you’d have asked us for odds on whether you could successfully turn a canned ham into an amateur radio antenna, we’d have declined the offer. Now, having seen [Ben Eadie (VE6SFX)]’s “hamtenna” ...

You don’t normally think of a 3D printer as a necessity for an antenna project. However, if you are interested in making a handy portable antenna, you might want to melt some plastic. [N2MXX] has an ...

POWAYPOWAY — Working to comply with federal guidelines and recent court decisions, the Poway City Council this week signaled its intent to ease restrictions on local ham radio antennas. At its Tuesday ...

A yearlong neighborhood dispute over the appropriateness of a 55-foot amateur radio antenna in the backyard of an Old Town home will drag on for at least a few more months. The City Council on Tuesday ...

No one wants these disasters to happen, but if they should, two new ham radio antennas and a remodeled control room at the Red Cross in Greeley could come to the rescue. The additions of the ham ...

Due to the holidays, the Carson City Planning Commission is meeting early this month: 2 p.m. Tuesday in the community center boardroom. Planning commissioners will mull a special use permit (SUP) for ...

Suzanne Ashe has been covering technology, gadgets, video games, and cars for several years. In addition to writing features and reviews for magazines and Web sites, she has contributed to daily ...

Ya gotta watch out for those amateur radio operators. In Omaha recently, ham radio gear was mistaken for a pipe bomb. So the local bomb squad detonated what turned out to be part of a PVC dipole ...

In our increasingly connected world staying in contact is crucial. When venturing out into the wild the need for a reliable communication device becomes exponentially greater. Citizen Band, or CB for ...

POWAYPOWAY — Amateur radio antennas in Poway will no longer be limited to 35 feet in height under new rules approved by the City Council this week. For years ham radio operators in Poway had ...

Electrical engineer Ramachandra Bhat Koodur, who has built one of India’s best ham radio stations in Kavoor, recently installed a high-performing Yagi antenna, a directional antenna with a rotator, on ...