They call it the 'English' system, but even the English folks now measure things in the metric system - only we Americans are the holdouts to the more convenient and sane metric system.
For myself, I have a good concept of how long a foot (or yard, or inch) is, and I don't have that same familiarity with a meter or centimeter even though I have worked with metric units in engineering circles for over 30 years of my life. The situation will only change if metric is legislated, and the entire machine tool industry completes the conversion that was talked about back in the late 60s and early 70s - it never fully happened, so we must live with a mixed system until something BIG happens - like govermental decree to eliminate the old system. I must still have 'English' and metric size wrenches in my toolbox, and my toolboxes would be much lighter with only the metric sizes --- Long Sigh ---- I don't expect resolution in my remaining lifetime. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > When studying the HAM workbooks from ARRL, I found a few > inconsistency in statements, example one of many: Is there a > reason why HAM's use 40 meters (or other band) at 7.125 kHz (or > other frequency) then say the antenna should be 34.5 feet > > would it not be easier to keep everything in metric > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.8 - Release Date: 6/11/2005 _______________________________________________ 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
