[Scanner] metric

[Kevin Gallagher]

Yes, the US will be converted to the metric system by 1975.

That's what I was taught when I was in 8th grade.

The only thing that converted was liters of soda.

Kevin
San Jose, CA

Edmund F Leavitt wrote:

> 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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