SCOTT COUSINS PHOTO Milton Ruyle, of Jerseyville, looks over old ham radio equipment at the annual Winterfest Ham Radio Swap Meet, sponsored by the St. Louis and Suburban Radio Club. About 1,000 ...

Amateur, or ham radio operators have always been hackers. For much of the early 1900’s, buying a radio was expensive or impossible. Hams would build their own rigs, learning electronics and radio ...

It was a recent rainy Saturday morning in Hickory Hill Park, a beautiful 185-acre tract of public land tucked next to St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Iowa City. Members of the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club ...

WASHINGTON — NASA won't be airing its dirty laundry when it launches “SuitSat1” during a space walk from International Space Station on Friday (Feb. 3). Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and ...

[Mr. Carlson] bought a Globe Scout Model 40A ham radio transmitter at a hamfest. The 40A was a grand old transmitter full of tubes, high voltage, and a giant transformer. It is really interesting to ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. For some ham radio enthusiasts, it's all about communicating. But for others, it's just not the same if they don't build their ...