[TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"

[denton]

Think of a meter as a long yard or slightly over 3' and it's easy to 
visualize.....
I have often dearly wished we were on metric on this side of the 
pond...makes it a lot easier to do the math in my head...but then, I am a 
retired engineering aide!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph A. & Ruth O. Ryan" <ablee at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"


> Rick:
>
> A humble suggestion re your interesting e-mails re antennas (including the
> vert. dipole)...
> Assuming that a majority of the reflector members are located here in the
> USA, might
> you consider using the old fashioned measurement system, or at least both.
> Most folks in the USA have not, and probably won't in the next 20-50 years
> (if ever), converted
> to, or use, the metric system of measuring things (except those 
> technocrats
> that lurk in the
> halls of 'white tower' edifices (ie MIT, Yale, Princeton, etc).
> Reading your dissertations causes this old man to have his eyes 'glaze'
> over - and doesn't easily
> translate.
> Just a friendly suggestion.
>
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