This is a copy of the email I sent just now to the author of a report in QST, pertinent to my recent posting. The address list included some of the "powers that be" in QST and ARRL.
Jim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Intelligent posting Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:41:21 -0500 From: James R. Frysinger <[email protected]> To: ... Dear ..., I read your fascinating report on your mod to a 2 m antenna to add 70 cm band coverage in the July issue, just received. You have my personal thanks for providing not only an excellent hint to the rest of us, but also for doing so intelligently. Your report used metric units and no others. I have never understood why ARRL has persisted in reporting antenna designs in feet and inches for coverage in bands that are designated in meters! After all, we use metric units for everything else -- e.g., volt, ohm, henry, ampere, farad, etc. It's refreshing to see a cleanly presented antenna design and report a modern unit of measure that is consistent with the others we use in amateur radio. 73, Jim Frysinger WE4SI -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108 -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108
