Staff photo / Bob Coupland Frank Sole of Poland, left, and Andrew Brincko of Youngstown, who are both ham radio operators, look over material on the May 31, 1985, tornado during which they both helped ...

A group of hobbyists who have become experts in a low-tech form of communication are now a vital link helping local first responders in the event of a worst-case scenario. Bruce Wolfe likes to spend ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. June 23, 2025 – SANTA BARBARA, Calif. When cell towers fail and internet connections go silent, one form of communication ...

Immediately after the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti that killed 230,000 people, injured an estimated 300,000 more and destroyed much of Port-au-Prince, medical teams from the University of Miami Project ...

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAM. AMATEUR RADIO ENTHUSIAST, RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR GATHERING FOR THEIR ANNUAL FIELD DAY. THAT EVENT IS PART COMPETITION, PART PREPARATION.