Articles related to "Radio Communication"

Pilots & Air Traffic Controllers communicate via two way radio and pass on important information to each other. Here is a brief guide to what they say and what it means.

Radio communication between pilots and air traffic controllers can sound very odd to the uninitiated! But it is really quite straightforward. Here is a typical example.

Marine VHF radios are a valuable tool for safe boaters. Learn more about use and selection of the proper channels on your boat's radio.

Light aircraft can fly into most large airports. However, there are special procedures that need to be followed, particularly with respect to radio communications.

SETI, or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is the collective name for a number of on-going projects dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life.

Aircraft emergencies are thankfully very rare. But if they do happen, there is a specific way in which a pilot transmits an emergency message to those on the ground.

Pilots in their planes communicate with air traffic control using the phonetic radio alphabet. Here is a list of the letters and examples of its use and how it all works.

Head to Great and Little Exuma away from tourist crowds for wide open beaches, limitless coral reefs for snorkling, and small islands just offshore awaiting discovery.

What Is GPS and How Does It Work?

Northern Pacific flights bound for Japan, Shanghai and Korea are being cancelled or rerouted due to volcanic ash spewing from the Russian volcano, Sarychev Peak.

The sandy beaches here were a training area before the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War 2, where 749 men lost their lives in the Operation Tiger tragedy.

NOAA space weather forecasters have observed the first sunspot of Solar Cycle 24. Solar storms can adversely affect power, radio communication and navigation systems

Celebrations for the O.P.P.'s centenary anniversary include a dogsledding expedition, a time capsule and a travelling exhibition of mug shots.

Recreational boaters can learn much about boating safety by observing and using the same equipment and practices exercised by commercial fishermen.

Following the declaration of war, Congress passed numerous acts designed to increase the president's war powers over virtually every aspect of American society.

Insomniac's third game already this generation features a lengthy, enjoyable campaign and a robust multiplayer component.

Whale watching companies and natural resource protection agencies have joined forces to develop Whale SENSE, a program that promotes good ocean stewardship.

The waters round Kangaroo Island can be hazardous. Over 60 wrecks lie in the seas around the island but in the 1850's two lighthouses were built to guide ships to safety.

Every industry and every profession tends to have its own peculiar terminology. This is a short guide to the most often heard shortened words and phrases inside radio.

VHF radio transmissions use specific terminology to alert mariners to a variety of circumstances. Learn when and how to use mayday, pan pan and securité broadcasts.

Imagine a stone age culture suddenly inundated with twentieth century technology and manufactured goods by the full strength of American Military power and machinery.

This imaginative alternate-history by Eric Flint will ensnare fans of military conflict and political wrangling as easily as those simply after a good what-if tale

Two-way radios (walkie-talkies) are a great way to keep in touch when using mobile phones is too expensive or impossible.

Specific impulse is a measurement of the efficiency of a given set of rocket propellants that in turn strongly impacts overall rocket engine performance.

Ursula K. Le Guin's award-winning speculative novel introduces the Ekumen, a unanimity based Utopian institution featured in other works of Le Guin's Hainish cycle.

For the last seventy years researchers have tried to solve an enduring mystery--what happened to Amelia Earhart. Recently new theories have emerged.

There was an alleged landing of an alien spacecraft in Suffolk, England, making it the most famed UFO incident in England. Some call it the British Roswell.

Pilots, air traffic controllers, and emergency personnel use a verification tool when transmitting important call numbers and messages. It is the phonetic alphabet.