[Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 32, Issue 12: Metric system

va3pl @ cuic.ca va3pl at cuic.ca
Thu Aug 4 12:07:58 EDT 2005


> I was trying to build a 2M antenna out of the 2001 Handbook, the 
> dimensions are in MM, but I could never get it done, I would cut the 
> elements off to the correct MM length in the morning, but by afternoon 
> and 100 degree heat, they were too many MM long, so I had to cut them 
> again,next morning, I checked and they were too short so I had to throw 
> them all away and start again. I think I will go crazy building the 
> antenna, maybe I will just get a premade one and stop trying, hopefully 
> the instructions will be in English.
> I wonder how far it really is the the North Pole?
> Thanks, George W5GRG
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Does it expand and contract differently in INCH system? ...:)

Andy - VA3PL




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