[ht85]

From the top answer:

> 1/2 m ≈ 1.5 ft

Thanks US units for the quote of the day: "Meters are for waves, feet are for antennas"

[jimnotgym]

Excuse me, feet are US units??? Surely you mean feet are units that were adopted in the US... and then dropped by the rest of the world!

[ht85]

You are correct, wikifeet confirms it.

[elzbardico]

Funny how everybody readily accepts the metric system for measuring radio wavelengths without complaints. Even the most hardcore traditionalist ham radio operator in America never complains about naming bands with meters.