There was a time when ham radio operators were known for having long conversations over the radio — rag chewing, as they called it. A new program, LongChat, is a new entry into the ham radio software ...

When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, some of my neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — Imagine that after a disaster your cell phone and computer can't connect to their internet, your landline has no dial tone, and 9-1-1 is unreachable. It's a scary thought, but that ...