Kilo is 10^3 or 1000 while milli is 10^ -3 or 0.001 That is the difference
73, Igor UA9CDC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milt -- N5IA" <n...@zia-connection.com> To: "Bud Morin" <dcmo...@wisc.edu>; "Elecraft Discussion Group" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: KX3 Display LEDs > And it probably has its origin in Latin. I do know that "one thousand" in > the Spanish language is "un mil" when speaking of quantities. However, it > is "Kilo" when speaking of weights and measures. Strange. > > de Milt, N5IA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bud Morin > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:50 PM > To: Elecraft Discussion Group > Subject: [Elecraft] Fwd: Re: KX3 Display LEDs > > > 1 mm = 1 millimeter = 1000th of a meter > 1 mA = 1 milliampere = 1000th of an Ampere > 1 mW = 1 milliwatt = 1000th of a Watt > 1 mT = 1 millitesla = 1000th of a Tesla > 1 mil (shorthand) = 1 milli-inch = 1000th of an inch > > This "mil" has nothing to do with "million" > > 73, > Bud Morin, K9ZT > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Display LEDs > Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:20:09 -0500 > From: Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> > Reply-To: d...@w3fpr.com > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > Unfortunately, one has to be cautious of common "technical slang" in an > international community. Yes, common in US machinist's talk is for a > 'mil' to equal 0.001 inch. I am not certain of the origin and even > though I looked it up at Wikipedia, I still don't have any answer to why > 'thou' is equal to 'mil' (even though I use and understand that unit > myself). > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 1/3/2012 12:05 AM, Matt Maguire wrote: >> Here a "mil" is ovbiously not referring to a millimetre, otherwise the >> LEDs are sticking up 5cm! So, I did a google search, and discovered that >> in the Imperial measurement system, it can also refer to one thousandth >> of >> an inch (0.0254mm). >> >> That means 50 mils = 1.27mm, which makes much more sense. You learn >> something every day :-) >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4721 - Release Date: 01/03/12 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
