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RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION · Electromagnetic wave properties: wavelength vs frequency, nature and velocity of electromagnetic waves, relationship of wavelength and frequency; Electromagnetic spectrum definitions: UHF, VHF, HF

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What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

  1. AWavelength gets longer as frequency increases
  2. BWavelength gets shorter as frequency increases
  3. CWavelength is constant at all frequencies
  4. DWavelength and frequency increase as path length increases
Why Radio waves all travel at the speed of light, about 300,000,000 meters per second. Since speed equals frequency times wavelength, the product of the two is fixed, so raising one must lower the other. That is the inverse relationship captured by wavelength in meters = 300 divided by frequency in MHz: at 3.5 MHz the wave is about 80 meters long, while at 146 MHz it is only about 2 meters.
Watch out The choice saying wavelength grows with frequency has the relationship backwards, and path length has nothing to do with it, distance traveled does not change a wave's frequency or wavelength.
300 / MHz = meters. Higher frequency, shorter wave: 2 meters is way up at 146 MHz, 80 meters is down at 3.5 MHz.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of T3B

  1. T3B01 What is the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave?
  2. T3B02 What property of a radio wave defines its polarization?
  3. T3B03 What are the two components of a radio wave?
  4. T3B04 What is the velocity of a radio wave traveling through free space?
  5. T3B05 What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?
  6. T3B06 What is the formula for converting frequency to approximate wavelength in meters?
  7. T3B07 In addition to frequency, which of the following is used to identify amateur radio bands?
  8. T3B08 What frequency range is referred to as VHF?
  9. T3B09 What frequency range is referred to as UHF?
  10. T3B10 What frequency range is referred to as HF?
  11. T3B11 What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space?
  12. T3B12 Which of these frequencies travels at the highest velocity in free space?
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