You guys are taking this waaay too serious .. he was FOOLING AROUND!
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:34:28 +0000, Bill_Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good morning Steve: > I'm interested where you got your source of information on the metric > change over from mmfd to pf. I thought the Germans were using "Hertz" back > in the 30's. If my memory serves me correctly, that was slightly before the > transistor came on the scene. Appreciate any info you can direct me too. > > 73's & Merry Xmas > > Bill_Harris > > > uuF was used to spec cap values in tube equipment. > > The introduction of semiconductors forced a conversion > > to use the 'pico' prefix. > > > > Same with hertz. Tube gear measured frequency in > > cycles per second. The transistor changed all of > > that. > > > > Today, the use of surface mount parts has caused the > > need for 'nano.' > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
