Re: California fires: smart speakers and emergency alerts

[Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net>]

On 07/26/2018 10:31 AM, Chris Boyd wrote:
> 162.400
> 162.425
> 162.450
> 162.475
> 162.500
> 162.525
> 162.550
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> That’s about 1.85 meter wavelength, so a quarter wave antenna would
> be pretty large.  I’m sure the RF engineers can come up with a way to
> listen effectively without a huge antenna.
That's what loaded whips are for.  My shortwave radio has a loaded whip,
with the load switched by band.