Posted by
Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO on
Dec 08, 2008; 1:05pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Poor-man-s-beverage-and-diversity-tp1623198p1628956.html
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" <
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To: "Elecraft Reflector" <
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Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <
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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
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