[Scanner] metric

[Edmund F Leavitt]

Weren't we supposed to be converting to metric about 20 years  ago (520
fortnights for those who prefer more traditional measurements)      ;-}  
???



On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:20:26 -0700 "Harry Marnell"
<marnells@snowcrest.net> writes:
> For folks more inclined to take the simplest route with most-familiar 
> units of measurement, another "formula" for determining the length 
> of a half-wave is to divide 5616 by the frequency in MHz, which 
> gives you the approximate halfwave length in inches... e.g.
> 
> for 150 Mhz:   5616 / 150 = 37.44"
> for  42 Mhz:    5616 / 42  = 133.71"  (a definite problem with a 
> handheld!)
> for  460 Mhz   5616 / 460 = 12.21"
> for  850 Mhz   5616 / 850 =  6.61"
> for  900 Mhz   5616 / 900 =  6.24"  
> 
> Quarter-wavelength antennas would be exactly half those lengths, of 
> course [or 2808/MHz - F (in)]
> 
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