A Look At Wavelengths
By Jonathan Imberi

where f is the frequency in megahertz.
If you wanted to know the wavelength for 146.580 megahertz, you would divide 984 / 146.580 and the answer would be approximately 6.7 feet :
984 / 146.580 = 6.7130577 feet *
Now if you wanted to know the wavelength for 440.120 megahertz, you would divide 984 / 440.120 and the answer would be approximately 2.2 feet :
984 / 440.120 = 2.2357538 feet *
These two equations show the simple relationship between operating frequency and wavelength. The wavelength is longer at lower frequencies, and shorter at higher frequencies.
*Please note that these equations DO NOT give the length of a wire to use for an antenna. These formulas calculate the wavelength of the RF signal in space. The RF signal will actually travel slower through an antenna wire. This, combined with several other factors, will require an antenna wire to be shorter than the actual wavelength in space.
An antenna always has a design frequency or amateur band that it covers. Most of the popular antennas are less than one




The capacitor value or inductor value is varied in a tuned circuit to change the resonant frequency. This can be done by simply changing the antenna's length, which then affects its capacitance and inductance, thus changing its resonant frequency.