William "Chops" Westfield wrote:

> On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>=20
>> the biggest problem with the use of traditional (not only English or
>> US) units is the tendency of people who use them to work with "magic
>> formulas" and not use proper units with their calculations
>=20
> You mean like "to get the length of your dipole antenna, divide 468 by =20
> the frequency"?
> (which gives you the length in feet, of course.) =20

.... if you use the right unit for frequency, of course :)

Exactly this. I hate it; it doesn't convey understanding as more
sensible formulas tend to do, and I just can't remember such stuff.

Gerhard
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