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On 12 Jun 2005, at 03:10, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote:
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.
Steve Lawrence wrote on 06/11/05 21:38 ET:
On Jun 11, 2005, at 6:36 PM, Matt Osborn wrote:
To replace those with arbitrary measurements (simply to make the math
easier?) seems absurd to me. I just bought a calculator.
And what happens when your battery goes dead? ;-)
Then
Personally, I use one of these...
http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~tomozawa/sr-annex/cat/hemmi/hemmi-
266/hemmi-266e.htm
It has all the scales for all the frequency, wavelength
calculations plus XL, XC, CF,CZ, Fc, Zo,
L,C,Z,etc...scales...
At 10 inches (not 254mm!!) it gives results close enough for
What are kids taught in US schools these days?
In the UK, it's unlikely that anybody under the age of 25 or so knows
what an inch, foot, yard, pound or ounce is.
--
Nigel A. Gunn. 59 Beadlemead, Milton Keynes, MK6 4HF, England.
Tel +44 (0)1908 604004
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In a message dated 6/12/05 11:44:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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What are kids taught in US schools these days?
In the UK, it's unlikely that anybody under the age of 25 or so knows
what an inch, foot, yard, pound or ounce is.
My kids know both systems.
73 de Jim,
Like it or not, the US is still using feet and yards, not centimeters
and meters. The shortwave bands have traditionally been specified using
the metric system. However, we don't typically have meter sticks
handy. So if the ARRL would say to use an antenna 10.52 meters long,
the first thing
On Jun 11, 2005, at 5:12 PM, John R. Lonigro wrote:
So if the ARRL would say to use an antenna 10.52 meters long, the first
thing most hams would have to do is convert to feet. So why not
specify it in feet to start with? It's inconsistent, but sometimes
handy to mix units.
mc wrote:
would it not be easier to keep everything in metric
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I've been a technical and scientific writer since the early 1960's. In all
that time I've worked in metric right here in the USA. It's what most of the
engineering/scientific
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:44:53 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The simple fact is the STANDARD AMERICAN system of weights and measures is
METRIC! It has been so since the middle 1800's when our Congress adopted the
metric system as our official system. What they did not do was to
On Jun 11, 2005, at 6:36 PM, Matt Osborn wrote:
To replace those with arbitrary measurements (simply to make the math
easier?) seems absurd to me. I just bought a calculator.
And what happens when your battery goes dead? ;-)
73 - Steve WB6RSE
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
Don,
As a lover and rebuilder of old cars, I find I have ASF, BSF,
Whitworth, BA, Metric and adjustable wrenches (spanners).
Not to mention Bristol keys, Torx wrenches and other efforts
at 'modernisation'
But my garage would seem a lonely place without them :-))
Only Metric??? Heavens
Mixing units is not always benign.
September 1999: NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because a
Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement
while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for
a key spacecraft operation.
I would argue this
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.
Hmmm ... I think everyone's experience is different.
is Alzheimer's!
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From: W3FPR - Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mc [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft group
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Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] stranger than real life
They call it the 'English' system, but even
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