[Elecraft] stranger than real life

Stewart Baker stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk
Sun Jun 12 04:41:55 EDT 2005


On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:56:55 -0400, mc wrote:
> When studying the HAM workbooks from ARRL,  I found a few inconsistency in
> statements,  example one of many: Is there a reason why HAM's use 40 meters
> (or other band) at 7.125 kHz (or other frequency) then say the antenna should
> be 34.5 feet
>
> would it not be easier to keep everything in metric
>
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What I find strange is that, although it took England a long time to go metric 
(and the USA even longer), I have never seen a Broadcast Radio dial calibrated 
in feet and inches !

73
Stewart G3RXQ



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