Given all that, why should it be a surprise that for kids, amateur radio just isn’t exciting? We’ve shown you some fantastic amateur radio builds over the years.

Kit building can be a good way to provide yourself with a ham radio rig. It’s not for everyone, however, and you should think over the following points before you commit yourself. Labor: For a ...

And the perfect thing for the ham on the go is this ham shack in a box. Go-boxes, as they are known, have been a staple of amateur radio field operations for as long as there have been hams.

Jerry Williams, left, and fellow members of the Amateur Radio Klub Earl Holts and Rob Wade test their ham radio equipment in the field Saturday. As part of an annual event called “Field Day ...