[TheList] 70cm / 6meter and so forth..

Thu Feb 24 17:17:23 AEDT 2011

Thanks everyone for that - makes more sense now.. 

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 17:44 +1300, Mike Barnes (ZL3TMB) wrote:
> Hi Chris
>  
> It's all to do with antenna length.
>  
> The bands are worked out by, speed of light divided by frequency.
>  
> 300                    
> _____      = 6m full wave antenna.
> 50Mhz
>  
> 300 / 430Mhz = .69m
>  
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: [TheList] 70cm / 6meter and so forth..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> Can anyone please explain to me, what they mean?
> 
> Why is it example "6 Meter band"  or 70 centimeter band?
> not necessarily those bands .. but yeah --
> 
> Always puzzled me.. 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance.. 
> 
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