[SOC] 20 FEET/ THE AMERICAN WAY.

[Frank S. Tapley]

By gawn, now "WHY NOT." 
   Hey, the foot bands sounds like it should be "just that." Good old
American Standard. We need more American Nationality around here in this
country. None of this sinko-sietae gibberish, give us the AMERICAN
MEASUREMENT. Hey, I always measure out my wire in feet and inches when
making an antenna. So why not just call it like it is. Did the Lone Range
call his horse by the elemental chart symbol? Hell NO ! Even Tonto's horse
had a good old American name, "SCOUT." So lets stick with the ways that won
the west in Ham Radio too. 
   HI HO SILVER, and GOD BLESS AMERICA.  ( good thinking Bob. --- time not
wasted during boring contest weekends) 
    Frank, WB7NZI

-----Original Message-----
From: SOC [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Patten
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 8:41 AM
To: SOC Reflector
Cc: Tim Cotton; Bruce Phegley
Subject: [SOC] 20 FEET

Having nothing better to do in the CQWW VHF Contest this morning, I started
thinking about how frequency is measured and that the US is the only country
in the world that hasn't adopted the metric system.

Sooo...

In keeping with our insistence to use our own system of weights and
measures, I propose that we immediately begin referring to our ham bands as
only the US should:

6 Meters should be called the 20 Foot Band

For HF, also with some approximations, the bands should be referred to as
follows:

10 Meters becomes the 33 Foot band
15   "        "    "  50 Foot Band
20   "                65 Foot Band
40   "               130 Foot Band
80   "               260 Foot Band
160  "               525 Foot Band

Formulas for antenna calculations could be simplified since element lengths
for us are specified in feet and inches.

-- 
73,     Bob Patten, N4BP                Plantation, FL

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