Phil, It is all about being un-ambiguous IMHO. M = Mega, m = milli. Others which require careful use so as not to confuse are "da" = deca. "d" = deci, P = peta while p = pico. Z = zeta, z = zepto; Y = yolta and y = yocto. See the SI standard - yes the chart I am looking at uses uppercase for Mega and greater.
73, Don W3FPR Phil Hystad wrote: > I think an easier way to remember is that starting from the very small of the > prefixes up through kilo, they are all lower case. Then, beginning with Mega > and all those that are larger are upper case. Thus, Mega begins the upper > case range, everything else below is lower case. But, I totally ignore these > when it comes to kHz --- I like the look of KHz better then kHz so will will > write KHz down whenever I am writing kilo-Hertz. > > 73, > phil, K7PEH > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
