Like it or not, the US is still using feet and yards, not centimeters
and meters. The shortwave bands have traditionally been specified using
the metric system. However, we don't typically have meter sticks
handy. So if the ARRL would say to use an antenna 10.52 meters long,
the first thing most hams would have to do is convert to feet. So why
not specify it in feet to start with? It's inconsistent, but sometimes
handy to mix units.
Just my opinion,
John AA0VE
mc wrote:
When studying the HAM workbooks from ARRL, I found a few inconsistency in
statements, example one of many: Is there a reason why HAM's use 40 meters (or
other band) at 7.125 kHz (or other frequency) then say the antenna should be
34.5 feet
would it not be easier to keep everything in metric
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