"Maximus" wrote:

A wire suspended in space has a specific length. That length can be
equated
to the distance between the crests of waves that defines a particular
frequency. If you want to listen to 60 meters 3.28 ft x 60=1968 feet for a
full wavelength.

60 meters = 196.8 feet

A center-fed dipole for 60 meters (5 MHz) would be slightly less than half
that length (about 94 ft).

Art Harris N2AH