[Elecraft] Band button

Bob K2TK at att.net
Sun Jul 6 16:25:32 EDT 2008


I think the most practical unit of measure is the "chain".  It is 
perfect in that 20  would be 1 and then the bands are up  or down from 
there.

Also makes laying out antennas in the yard very easy.

73,
Bob
K2TK

Vic K2VCO wrote:

> Don Wilhelm wrote:
>
>> For those who will now want to add cycles per fortnight to their 
>> conversion tables:
>>
>> 1 Hz = 1,209,600 cycles per fortnight.
>>
>> I just thought you would want to know - I had a moment of leisure 
>> this morning and did the calculation on paper :-)
>
>
> Funny, the first thing I did when I saw Lyle's message was to do the 
> same!
>
> What's really interesting is the wavelength of 1 cpf: 2.5 x10**6 m. 
> The "2-1/2 million meter band"!




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