Actually a radian is an angular measurement whereas a Hertz (hertz) is a frequency measurement.
1 radian = 57.2958 degrees 1 hertz = 1 cycle per second Barry VE3CDX/W7 -----Original Message----- From: Jon K Hellan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 5:14 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Units Bill W5WVO wrote: > 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. But given that the radian already is an SI unit, the Hz is redundant. Radians/s is sufficient. Jon LA4RT _______________________________________________ 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
