Ok, lets get this straight before I get confused again :) :)
I got out my Carr Lane book of "Handy Multipliers and Trigonometry Tables
for Engineers" which my Dad gave me back in 1968. It lists the conversion
of meters to feet as being 3.281. Or, in other words, one meter is equal to
39.37 inches, which of course we all know to be correct. (3.281 x 12)
If in doubt, get out a modern tape measure, dual marked in inches and cm,
and simply look at it to be sure, as I did.
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"
> Dave, take you calculator and multiply 2.54 (cm/in.) X 12 (in./ft.) = ?
>
> My calculator says "30.48" every time I do this.
>
> Well then, 3.05 is close enough and "3" is close enough for government
work.
>
> 73
> Rick (whose favorite band is the 121.9 ft. band - ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of DaveHeller
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:49 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"
>
> Where did that 3.05 ft per meter come from? Looks more like 3.28+
> ft/meter. Just remember two ratios: 2.54 cm/in and 39.37 in/meter.
> And in finer measurements, l mm = about 0.040 inch.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of denton
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:48 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"
>
> Your system of measurements are not funny...ours are.
> Look at any set of our building blueprints and look at the scale these
> are
> drawn...12"=3/8"...cheeeeeee......now where did I put the architects
> scale...
> It really was fun when I used to run Autocadd at work and was trying to
> get
> my work scaled to fit on the size of paper I was plotting for an
> architect....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"
>
>
> > Thanks Denton. Sorry folks. I forgot about that. Guess I've been
> using
> > these funny measurements too long.
> >
> > As Denton says, a meter is about a yard.
> > To be almost exact it is 3.05 ft. (and exactly 3.048 ft.)
> > For all my planning I simply use "3".
> > When I build, I use the exact value (if needed).
> >
> > Without exception, every time I quoted a meter value during this
> topic, it
> > wouldn't matter if you used 3 or 3.05 or 3.048. That's the beauty in
> > these
> > openwire fed antennas.
> >
> > With coax and resonate antennas, it's another story. Then you do need
> to
> > be
> > exact.
> >
> > Next time I state a value in meters (except for bands) and fail to
> quote
> > the
> > approximate length in ft., I promise to buy everyone a beer - but you
> > gotta
> > come to Munich to collect ;-)
> >
> > 73
> > Rick
> >
> > P.S. How are you guys managing to follow Lance in the Tour de France,
>
> > with
> > all the distances and speeds stated in metric? GO LANCE, GO !!!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of denton
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:58 AM
> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"
> >
> > Think of a meter as a long yard or slightly over 3' and it's easy to
> > visualize.....
> > I have often dearly wished we were on metric on this side of the
> > pond...makes it a lot easier to do the math in my head...but then, I
> am a
> > retired engineering aide!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joseph A. & Ruth O. Ryan" <ablee@bellsouth.net>
> > To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Vertical Dipole "Fringe Benefits"
> >
> >
> >> Rick:
> >>
> >> A humble suggestion re your interesting e-mails re antennas
> (including
> >> the
> >> vert. dipole)...
> >> Assuming that a majority of the reflector members are located here in
> the
> >> USA, might
> >> you consider using the old fashioned measurement system, or at least
> >> both.
> >> Most folks in the USA have not, and probably won't in the next 20-50
> >> years
> >> (if ever), converted
> >> to, or use, the metric system of measuring things (except those
> >> technocrats
> >> that lurk in the
> >> halls of 'white tower' edifices (ie MIT, Yale, Princeton, etc).
> >> Reading your dissertations causes this old man to have his eyes
> 'glaze'
> >> over - and doesn't easily
> >> translate.
> >> Just a friendly suggestion.
> >>
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