[SOC] 20 FEET/ THE AMERICAN WAY.

[David Evans]

Viz-a-viz the Lone rangers horse....

He would no doubt change his name to Gold.

And would be heard shouting....


"Ay - yu" instead of whistling...


All the good numbers (54,55,56, 71,72, 73, 69,87, 88, several million)

David [G0EVA]

SOC - yes
{want to live longer - take a nap}
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-----Original Message-----
From: SOC [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Frank S. Tapley
Sent: 19 July 2015 18:13
To: 'Second Class Operators' Club'
Subject: Re: [SOC] 20 FEET/ THE AMERICAN WAY.

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

E-Mail :   n4bp at arrl.net                Website: http://www.qsl.net/n4bp
SOC #1          ARS #799                QRP ARCI #3412       FISTS #7871
FP #1491     10-10 #3268                SMIRK #6625

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