There was a time when a ham radio set up sported many dials and switches and probably quite a few boxes as well. Computers have changed all that. Some transceivers now have just a few buttons or are ...

“Probably the biggest change has been the computer. We have a lot of ham radio things that use the computer,” MacAlister said. “In fact you can buy radios that don’t have much radio [and] use the ...

John D. Hays, an IT manager in Edmonds, Wash., devotes most of his spare time these days to helping develop a communications system that’s designed to integrate portable two-way radios with the global ...