5-year-old passes ham radio exam (with video). Ham radio can be a hobby for some and a mission for others. It’s something Ragdale has been doing for the last three years, and it’s a hobby his 5-year-old son, Colton, has been watching. That was until Colton was old enough to read. At just 5 years old, Colton passed the test the FCC requires for anyone to operate the radios. That makes Colton among the youngest operators around.
A lot of people are shaking their heads over this, but why get so excited about it? The kid passed the test, after all…..Dan
Muns the word among ham radio operators, and also when it comes to wine. Few friends of Ed Muns would describe him as a ham. A soft-spoken, genial man, Muns is best known for the wines that bear his name–wines that he and his business and life partner Mary Lindsay donate in abundance to various events throughout the year. But to amateur radio operators all over the globe, Muns is a formidable figure.
Raven Hill Discovery Center’s Ham Radio Station up and running. Raven Hill Discovery Center’s Ham Radio Station is operational and the first class of technicians has received ham radio licenses with help from members of the Top Of Michigan Amateur Radio Club (TOMARC) in Gaylord. Raven Hill Discovery Center, 4737 Fuller Road in East Jordan, is known for its exceptional indoor and outdoor hands-on science, history and art activities and explorations. It is located on 157 acres of natural beauty in Charlevoix County.
Radio amateurs get practical thank you for Tour de France backup. A voluntary radio communications team which played a key role in ensuring the Tour de France ran safely and smoothly through the Yorkshire Dales has been ‘rewarded’ with thousands of pounds worth of equipment. Members of RAYNET (The Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network) provided a back-up communications system across the Day 1 and Day 2 routes in North Yorkshire where the use of alternative technologies such as mobile phone networks were difficult, impossible or likely to overload with the arrival of more than one million spectators. During the Grand Depart of the Tour de France last July, RAYNET volunteers operated radios in many key locations, including Kidstones Pass, Grinton Moor and Blubberhouses Moor and engineered four hilltop repeater sites to link control rooms in Skipton, Richmond, Harrogate and York with a main control in Wakefield.