For those of you who may have noticed the event in the paper last week for the meeting of the Musselshell Amateur radio club, you will have noticed that it is Ham Radio that the group is meeting about, not a radio group for the music you hear in your car. I wanted to know more about the club, and what they do. Having no understanding of this technology, but just curiosity, I met with the current organizer, Keith Regli. Keith maintains the website www.kf7elt.org, and writes the newsletters.

Ham radio is a non-commercial radio system. It is different from walkie talkies, the CB radio, or your...