July is my month to renew my license plates. When I go to the Shelby County Services Building to renew my plate, I always take a copy of my amateur radio license so there will be no question that I am a licensed amateur radio operator. Alabama is very generous in allowing amateurs [...]

From HAM John Miller:
Hi,
What a fantastic day we had today (Saturday.) We had around 200 come and go for the HAM event at Joe Tucker Park in Helena. We had many local Hams with items for sale or trade as well as Greg and his wife ,our southeastern ARRL section rep. from Huntsville [...]

No it’s not a celebration of all the icy temperatures we have had lately.
It is the Shelby County Amateur Radio Club’s annual get together at the Joe Tucker Park in Helena. It will be Saturday morning from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
According to Amateur Radio Operator John Miller [...]

This is one of the reasons that I got involved in Amateur Radio because of the Public Service aspect.
Many Amateur Radio groups around the US work with various Emergency Operations groups such as local EMA’s (Emergency Management Agency), NWS’s (National Weather Service), and Red Cross during emergencies to provide communication and support when regular [...]

Thanks to Russell Thomas for this article… we often get questions about how to get a ham radio license… I think this will answer most of your questions!
How to become an Amateur Radio Operator
After my last article it was obvious that people that are interested in becoming Amateur Radio Operators but don’t know exactly how [...]

Thanks to FOB (friend of the blog) Russell Thomas (KV4S) for this article… he will be contributing from time to time on events and activities related to the amateur radio community; I have been an amateur radio operator since 1970 (my call is WO4W), and the hobby is truly wonderful….
Amateur Radio storm spotters play a [...]