There are many reasons to go sailing, it's a pursuit which appeals to many personalities, but these days sailing has one big advantage; a boat at sea is one place where conventional cellphone reception is defeated You can truly avoid the calls from your office and just concentrate on the sails and the sea

One of the most beautiful places to take a boat is the Italian Island of Sicily Though now a part of Italy, for much of its history Sicily was Greek

If you are a sailor with a need for rest and relaxation, interesting things to see, a little ancient history, good restaurants and wine, sailing around the islands of sun, sea and romance could be just the thing for you Corfu is an island in the Ionian Sea and a good place to start your adventure

The idea of electromagnetic radiation was first set out by Scottish Physicist James Clark Maxwell in 1865 he expanded on work done by Michael Faraday At the time no-one had a clue that they would lead to so many discoveries, including the radio filled world we live in now

On June 4th 2010 a flash flood hit the Albert Pike recreation Area, a part of Ouachita National Forest around 75 miles from Little Rock in Arkansas The waters rose hard and fast, over eight feet per hour and with so much force it peeled the bark off trees

The story of radio begins with the telegraph and the solution of a crime The telegraph was first installed on the UK's revolutionary Great Western Railway

The world is filled with invisible communications, from remote controls to television, radio, cellphones and even your wireless phone at home, communication surrounds us, but most of us know little about it Each one uses radio waves to communicate, but which is the most useful

Late in 2009 a woman was injured when her ATM rolled on top of her Fortunately she wasn’t alone but her companions weren’t able to get help because they were travelling in, a remote part of Arizona and had no cellphone coverage

You might be forgiven for thinking that radio has had it’s day No, I’m not talking about audio programs, I’m talking about real radio, the kind that helps us communicate across the world

1 As long as you stick to CB radio you will not need a license and won't have to pass any exams

The use of radio on dangerous missions of exploration is not just a safety issue Explorers learned quickly that regular news reports created public interest in their expedition making it easier to raise funds for the future

Radio transmission has played a crucial part in the success of many expeditions and explorations In some cases radio has been used to summon help, in others it has simply been a means of contact, of sending back scientific and other information which might otherwise be lost if the expedition were to fail

If you dream of far away places with strange sounding names, the 10 meter radio may be exactly what you are looking for Ten meters is primarily a day time waveband; in the USA it is often possible to hear Europe in the morning, all of the Americas midday and the Pacific and East Asia in the evening