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 Message 24508 
 Mike Powell to ED VANCE 
 TV Woes 
 13 Oct 25 09:40:58 
 
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> Mike, Well Sir, after reading your reply I got my Howard W. Sams book titled:
> HANDBOOK OF ELECTRONIC TABLES & FORMULAS

> and using a calculator I learned:

> 360 Meters = 833.333Kc/s
> 750 Kc/s = 400 Meters
> 820 Kc/s = 365.85 Meters
> 840 Kc/s = 357 Meters

Interesting.  So, the info on wikipedia suggests they were at 833 before
750.  I am pretty sure at some point I heard they used to be at 340, when
they were on "longwave," but the article doesn't mention that.

> The formula I used is
> 300,000
> Divided by either the Frequency in Kilocycles, or by the Wavelength in
Meters.
> to find the Wavelength                    or   the Frequency

> Ed's Head (C)  TM  still works (sometimes).

Good job!  ;)

Mike

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