In the Elecraft manuals and other technical writing I stick with the S.I. standard notation. You can find details on line here;
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html The units are on that page and click on the link at the bottom for the prefixes. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Kane Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 5:07 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 10 mHZ external reference VS the K3S's optionalKTCXO3-1 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 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
