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Default Emergency radio aeriel

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:17:48 GMT, Bruce wrote:

You're way off. In english measurements, the approximation for a 1/4 wave
antenna is 234/f(MHz) = feet. So for 860.9MHz the length would be 0.27 feet
or 3.26 inches, which is 1.28cm.


Make that 8.5cm. 1.28cm is about half an inch.

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