Ok lets start this over again
Hi Moody,
The ansewr to your question, if you intend to use it on the upper portion of
the band (tuned to 146Mhz) would be 48.12 inches.
Aside from your asking antenna question here, also check out the ARRL
Handbook, as you will find the answers to simple questions, others get
annoyed at LOL
also visit the
http://www.qsl.net/w4sat/antenna.htm website.
As far as the point you expressed Bob, I agree with you somewhat. Not all
Techs dont know anything. I have spoken to many Advanced/Extra that cant
figure out the length of a dipole for 40m, or how to program the memory in
the 2m radio. Even go as far as "you are not on frequency, and you dont need
to say over on a repeater". Now it makes me made when, me being a Tech needs
to answer these questions
Take in to the account of why many join the ham ranks. Not all are technical
minded people, or not yet atleast
73
Steve KC2GOG
"Moody1951" wrote in message
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Please help me out with the math. What is the length of a 5/8s wavelength
2
meter antenna? I've got something that might be able to be cut to the
freq.
Thanks