Showing posts with label Wave Length. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wave Length. Show all posts

Wave Length

 The length of radio waves can be measured in either length or frequency; the greater the frequency, the shorter the wave length. Your WMCA, for example, has a frequency of 570 kilocycles in a wave length of roughly 527 meters at the top of the dial. When you multiply one by the other, you get around 300,000. Near the bottom, WQXR broadcasts with a frequency of 1560 kc with a wave length of 192 meters. When these are compounded, the result is around 300,000, demonstrating a clear inverse relationship between frequency and wave length. Millimicrons, or angstrom units, are used to measure ultra-short wave lengths in the light band.