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Hmm, so the statute is probably in metric and this particular site made this error in conversion? Still feels a weird error to make, I’d expect to (a) use metri
by chrismorgan 5y ago
Hmm, so the statute is probably in metric and this particular site made this error in conversion? Still feels a weird error to make, I’d expect to (a) use metric, (b) use a more correct conversion, or (c) round up to 500.
From the metric perspective, most people go with 1 mile = 1.6km, which is a bit less accurate (about −0.58%, rather than about +0.22%), but definitely easier to work with.
- rpeden 5y agoIt's in FCC §97.313 (l) and you're right, it's metric: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.313 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/97.313
- rpeden 5y agoAnther follow-up in case someone stumbles upon this in the future and wants more information. The 800km limit applies to quite a few countries. Many of them (but not all) were members of Soviet Union. You can find a list here: https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf10759.html https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf10759.html (search for "800 km".) It looks like these come from the ITU table of frequency allocations so there's likely some history behind the 800km limit. I haven't found any great information yet, but will add it if I do.