Re: I for one
VHF is called "low frequency" due to a historical oddity. In the early days of radio the frequencies used were quite low. The technology level required for radio goes up with frequency, so the lowest freaks were all they could manage. That was "radio" as far as anyone was concerned.
Then as tech improved they were able to shorten wavelengths down to where reasonable antenna lengths became possible, letting the public in on the action generally. They had to call the new frequencies something, and the 'standard' frequencies were actually extremely low, so they had nowhere to go but up. Thus we got high frequency (HF), very high frequency (VHF), ultra high frequency (UHF) and so forth.
So what was then considered high is now considered low, but no one ever bothered to change the terminology.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
