[SOC] mHz vs. channels

[Spencer Sholly]

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> I saw this on QRZ.Not sure if it's a true story,but it sure is funny!!
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> Well...I haven't told this story in a while, so maybe it'll be
instructive.
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> About thirty-five years ago, I once heard a CBer expound upon the subject
of channels.
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> Shortly after the FCC announced the expansion of CB from 23 to 40
channels, I and some ham friends heard a CBer explain that the FCC was
being cheap and "...they should have given us the rest of the channels we
have on 11 meters." When asked what the hell he was talking about, this
explanation ensued:
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> "Well, it works like this: the FCC says, 'You shall transmit on 27
megahertz,' and then they decide how many meters they're going to give us."
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> HUH?
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> "It's like this: there are 10 channels per meter, so 11 meters has 110
channels and they're only giving us 40. There are 70 more channels that
they could be giving us! And hams have all those channels like 10 meters
[100 channels], etc."
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> Whereupon someone commented, "Yeah, and don't forget 160 meters - there
are 1600 channels on that band!"
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> True story. 
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> So we learn two things from this:
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> 1) there are ten channels per meter;
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> 2) Ignorance is curable, but stupidity is permanent.
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> This guy is probably a no-code Extra by now!! 
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