Well we first authorized use of the metric system in 1866, we are working on getting around to it. Don't rush us!
On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 4:06 PM ab2tc <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am sorry, Eric, but I want add another comment to this. I was raised and > educated in Norway which I believe is one of the original signatories to > the > metric system. I have come to deal with the non-metric units common here > since I moved here and I don't find it a big problem. > > But I have to correct what I believe is a misconception (that the US hasn't > adopted the metric system). NIST, the federal organization responsible for > metrology in the USA is *totally* committed to the SI system which is the > current formal definition of the "metric" system. I think what sets the US > apart from most other nations is that SI units are not mandatory in > commerce. The US units of ounces, gallons, Fahrenheit, inches, feet and > miles are defined by NIST as derivatives of their SI base units, and are > obviously allowed in commerce. > > So, should the US commit itself to mandate the use of SI units for all > commerce and signage? I don't know. It would be costly for sure. > > AB2TC - Knut > > > Mike Markowski-2 wrote > > Just for correctness, it's not 2 African countries but Liberia and > > Myanmar. > > I can only guess that there is no economic incentive for the US to > switch. > > Money talks, as they say... > > > > 73, > > Mike ab3ap > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 6:17 PM Ken G Kopp < > > > kengkopp@ > > > > wrote: > > > >> Sadly, only -three- nations remain non-metric. The U.S. and two African > >> countries. Shameful! > >> > >> 73 ! > >> > >> K0PP > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto: > > > [email protected] > > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto: > > > [email protected] > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Jim K0XU [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
