Stephen Wolf recalled scanning for fire and police radio frequencies as a kid in New York City, using a rotary tuner on a 7-inch black-and-white television. Charles Benn began listening to shortwave ...

When was the last time you saw a trucker pulled over for speeding? The question never occurred to me until the summer of 2003, as I was preparing for the Gumball Rally, one of the spiritual ...

When he decided to become a ham radio operator, Charles Dillenbeck, of Bristol Township, went all out for his new hobby. He purchased the Cadillac of radios — an $8,000 model that allows him to chat ...

There was a time when buying a new radio was something many hams could never afford to do. Then came the super cheap — and super controversial — VHF and UHF radios from China. But as they say, you get ...