(August 20, 2019 at 11:53 am)onlinebiker Wrote:Our rule of thumb was at 1 GHz, one wavelength is so close to 12" that it hardly matters. Though, to be fair, all the range testing that wasn't angular measure was in Imperial measure. Your numbers are very close to my numbers, here.(August 20, 2019 at 11:38 am)Fireball Wrote: True enough. I used mostly the metric system when in the antenna design business. I busted out laughing the first time I had to spin balance a space craft (career change) and the specs were slug-feet^2 for the moment of inertia.
See if memory serves -
234 ÷ freq (mhz) = 1/4 λ (feet)?
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