On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A full wave antenna for 150Mhz (disregarding end effects) is 2 meters.
> It's for something much lower frequency than that. For full wave
> antenna length in meters divide 300 by frequency in Mhz.
>
> Conversely, to discover design frequency in Mhz of a full wave antenna
> divide 300 by antenna length in meters. Since that antenna appears to
> be about 6 meters long the (full wave if it's that) frequency would be
> about 50 MHz. What's at 50 Mhz? I dunno anymore.
>
> The 6m ham band runs from 50MHz to 54MHz. VHF analog television in the
US used to be in that range - otherwise, I'm not currently aware of a
commercial service in that spectrum. Aircraft bands are way below that (up
to 25MHz) or up in the VHF range. Maybe it's a half-wave or quarter-wave
for one of the HF aviation freqs?
--
Paul Braun
Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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