On 11/2/2015 4:57 PM, Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft wrote:

> (And, to be even more inane, the correct abbreviation is "MHz."
> -capital M for Mega, capital H/lower case Z for Hertz, since it's
> aunit named for a person, and is therefore capitalized.


Notwithstanding that the accepted abbreviation for 1000 Hz is kHz -
lower-case k.  I didn't learn that in engineering school because the
Hertz hadn't been adopted yet.

I love working with standards because there are so many of them to
choose from.  :)

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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