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Discovered by a man named James Maxwell
Interesting facts about radio waves.
1) They can bounce around the earth.
2) They can bounce off of clouds.
3) They can travel great distances with very little power. Look up QRP in Wikipedia.


4) You can talk to space craft hovering out in space with radio waves.
5) You can transmit, and receive voice, and data in the form of pictures, video, and typed print.
6) You can bounce them off of the moon, and hear the ones that return to you.
7) You can bounce them off of Mars, and hear the ones that return to you.
8) You can bounce them off of Venus, and hear the ones that return to you.
9) You can bounce them off of rainstorms, airplanes, and tornado's, and hear
the ones that return to you.
10) You can use them to quickly warm up a piece of leftover meatloaf.
11) They travel at the same speed that light does.
12) They're the fastest possible way to move information from here to there.

To learn a lot more about radio waves, visit your local Amateur Radio club. Better yet, become an Amateur Radio operator. They help support communications in times of disaster. It can be a very rewarding hobby as well. You will meet lots of smart, and friendly people who all share your interest.

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they are electro magnetic waves. this means they do not need a medium to travel through

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