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Re: Topband: electrical wavelength

To: "Jim Hoge" <knowkode@verizon.net>, "topband reflector" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: electrical wavelength
From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Reply-to: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:57:25 -0400
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Let's do some quick math.... 234/1.82=128.57 gives us the length in feet of a quarter wave at 1.820 mHz.

That's not correct. The number is 245.8926/F, which is rounded to 246/F.

A quarter wave in freespace is 245.8926/1.82 =  ~135.1 feet, not 128.57

234/F is a long way off.
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