May 30th 05, 05:34 AM
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In article ,
Telamon wrote:
In article ,
(Mark Zenier) wrote:
In article , JS
wrote:
Tuning through the bands last night I heard him on 60, 49, 41 and 31
meter bands so yeah he's still on SW.
My new radio should get those bands?
Divide 300 by the meter designation to get the approximate frequency
in MHz. In real terms, that's around 5, 5.9-6.2, 7.1-7.5, and 9.3-10
MHz.
Really, they should just drop the meter band stuff, which dates back
to the early 1900s. VOA doesn't bother with meters anymore.
Meters are wavelength, which helps put frequency of operation in
perspective when you talk about antennas, transmission lines and other
receiving components.
If people don't want information in meters they should speak up like
you have and if enough do then I'll drop the terminology.
Wave length in meters is just the inverse of frequency.
Oh well, you pushed a pet peeve button. Using meters for band designation
is either pointless nostalgia or a shibboleth, a secret password that
denotes group membership.
Mark Zenier Washington State resident
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