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Old 9th Nov 2000, 07:15
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Oktas8
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Too late for the exam, but if you're like me and hate remembering reams of facts, try the old velocity = freq x wavelength (or vel / freq = wavelength).

freq ILS = about 100MHz or 100,000,000 Hz
vel of light = 300,000,000 m/s

Thus wavelength of ILS
= 300million / 100million
= about 3m

O8