Re: Antenna whip

[jlandry@domain.elided (John A. Landry)]

In Linda Tripp's secret telephone recording, Monica and mikeiidc@domain.elided
were heard saying...

>Amazement never ceases when Landry is around!  What does he have, a book on
>obscure but impressive equations/theorems?  You are an amazing cornucopia of
>knowledge, John Landry, and I dread the day I meet you, as I always like to be
>the smartest guy in the room!  Of course, that explains why I spend so much
>time in very small rooms with very few people!  The only time I am at an
>advantage is when I am bartending and about 1:30 rolls around.  Then I'm a
>genius!!!

Sorry to disappoint you Mike, but I'm just your normal very forgetful guy like
anyone else.  In the case of this antenna length question... since I was a
Radio Operator in the Army at one time, I only partially remembered the
formula we were taught to calculate the length of a 1/2 wave dipole antenna in
feet (typically used for low frequency communication).  It was drilled into
our heads something like this: "2-4-6-8, drop the 2 and then you're straight!"
Beyond that I couldn't remember if you multiplied or divided by the frequency,
etc., so I grabbed my handy ARRL (American Radio Relay League) handbook I have
for just such emergencies and figured out the rest.

Thought it my be useful to someone someday.

And trust me... I usually avoid memorizing things that I can easily look up...
which is just about everything these days.  So... I can *sound* smart here on
the Digest and really be as stupid as everyone else! <grin>

Regards,

John L.
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