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Technicians Handbook - Historic Naval Ships Association

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WavelengthCAUTIONBecause vacuum tubes become hot and most are made of glass, use cautionwhile removing or replacing them. Use vacuum tube pullers or at least wear sometype of hand protection.Wavelength is the distance in space occupied by one cycle of a radio wave at any given instant. If aradio wave could be frozen in time and measured, the distance from the leading edge of one cycle to theleading edge of the next cycle would be the wavelength. Wavelength varies from a few hundredths of aninch at the high frequencies to many miles at extremely low frequencies. Common practice is to expresswavelength in meters. The Greek letter lambda (λ) is used to signify wavelength. Formulas forwavelength, period, and velocity are shown below.Wavelength formula:Frequency formula:You can find more information on wavelength, frequency, period, and velocity in NEETS, Module10, Introduction to Wave Propagation, Transmission Lines, and Antennas.1-36

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