Silly thread -- :-) -- but it is important to keep one's facts straight. The Cycle per Second was named the Hertz in compliance with a long tradition in the scientific community of naming scientific units of measure after the folks who did seminal work in those areas of science. Mssrs Alessandro Volta (voltage), Andre-Marie Ampere (current), Georg Ohm (resistance), James Watt (power), Nicola Tesla (magnetic flux density), Blaise Pascal (pressure), and Isaac Newton (force), to name just a few I can think of off the top of my head, were all "just men". :-) Heinrich Hertz (electromagnetic frequency) takes his rightful place in this pantheon proudly.
Bill W5WVO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Units > On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:32:28 -0500, you wrote: > > >Wait just a minute here Mike!! > > > >What happened to MC and KC? > > > >If your on 20 meters and move to avoid the QRM did you go up 2 Kay > >Cee's or 2 > >Kilo Hertz's . With split what is it? Up 20 XXX ? > > > >73, > >Bob > >K2TK EX KN2TKR & K2TKR > > In my opinion with no disrespect, Mr. Hertz was only a man. KC and MC were > appropriately named as measurements of cycles per second and should not have > been renamed. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. > > [snip] > > Tom Childers, N5GE > > K3 #806, XV144, XV432 > Mini-Modules > > http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE > http://www.n5ge.com > > Few elected officials or > their children have ever > lived the life of the > citizens they represent, > nor did their parents or > grandparents. > > How can they know what you > and I want or need? > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
