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June 1966 Popular Electronics
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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As with your school and
college days where once there was no longer any reason to memorize physical constants,
conversion formulas, and names of people, places, and things, much of the noggin's
gray matter was repurposed to remember topics of more immediate need. You can always
look up what you have forgotten. While studying for your Ham radio or FCC license,
being able to be able to quickly convert between wavelength and frequency is essential.
Recalling on demand frequency-wavelength pairs is a real time saver on a timed exam.
Even being able to perform the conversion on a calculator during the test takes
up valuable time that could be better used on other tasks. This handy-dandy chart
for converting frequency in MHz to wavelength in meters appeared in a 1966 issue
of Popular Electronics magazine. If you are designing an antenna, then you will
still want a calculator; otherwise, if accuracy to a couple significant places will
do, the chart is as useful today as it was back then for at an-a-glance conversion.
Frequency-to-Meter Conversion Chart for Hams & SWL's
 By James G. Lee, W6VAT
When you're planning to install antennas for various frequencies, it's useful
to have a rough idea of the equivalent wavelengths. You could use the formula: wavelength
(meters) equals 300 divided by frequency (megahertz), but this quick-look chart
will give you almost as precise an answer. The formula is only necessary when you
want to cut an antenna to the nearest fraction of a meter. Calibrated to cover the
3.0- to 300-MHz range, this chart makes it possible to convert from frequency to
meters or vice versa. Read up and across for meters, across and down for MHz.
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