How a Blind Ham Radio Operator Saved Two Lives in Katrina
Richard Webb was legally blind. Four days after Hurricane Katrina hit, a pregnant woman swam five blocks through floodwater to
Ham Radio Stories
9/11: He Stayed With the Transmitter. She Was 10 and Just Got Licensed.
A ten-year-old girl got her ham radio license four days after 9/11. A broadcast engineer never made it out of
They Blamed Ham Radio for the Titanic. Then Gave Them the “Useless” Frequencies.
In 1912, American ham radio operators were publicly blamed for people dying on the Titanic. The story was that amateurs
Ham Radio vs The Soviet Army: The 1991 Coup That Ended The USSR
In August 1991, a group of hardliners inside the Soviet government arrested Mikhail Gorbachev, sent tanks into Moscow, and shut