For anyone interested, a free program named "Convert" by Josh Madison can
figure all this stuff out. More information here:
http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/
I've used it a long time and like it.
NASA uses it.
73, Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: [TenTec] ft/m or m/ft?
DJ0IP wrote:
>To be almost exact it is 3.05 ft. (and exactly 3.048 ft.)
Your memory is wrong Rick...but I know
how you got there because I recognized the
"3048" sequence. That is actually .3048 m/ft,
not 3.048 ft/m. As someone else stated the
actual value of ft/m is 3.281 ft, which comes
from 1/.3048. So a meter is about 10% longer
(~3.3') than a yard (3.0 ft).
73, Bill W4ZV
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