Gee, I still have my Pickett N4-ES double log slide rule and know how to use it. And I use a circular slide rule (E6-B) for flight planning. Beats the heck out of an electronic one in flight as I can operate it with one hand, even in turbulence. I still have some analog meters, but I will admit that I don't use them these days. :-)
Ghery S. Pettit -----Original Message----- From: Ralph McDiarmid [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Quasipeak definition Yes, however, I haven't seen a slide rule in 40 years nor an analog meter in 20 years. Ralph McDiarmid Product Compliance Engineering Solar Business Schneider Electric -----Original Message----- From: Richard Nute [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 9:59 AM To: Ralph McDiarmid <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: RE: [PSES] Quasipeak definition Agree. However, the principles of "significant digits" is rarely understood by today's technical folks, and wasn't needed in the days of analog meters and slide rules where we usually got only two significant digits, and were lucky to get three significant digits. Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph McDiarmid > [mailto:Ralph.McDiarmid@SCHNEIDER- > ELECTRIC.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 9:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Quasipeak definition > > Those topics used to be taught in engineer school. That should not be > on-the-job learning. > > Ralph McDiarmid > Product Compliance > Engineering > Solar Business > Schneider Electric > > > From: Brent DeWitt > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 8:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Quasipeak definition > > The difference between resolution and accuracy is pretty intuitive to > those (old farts) who have lived through the transition from analog > meters and slide rules to digital meters and calculators. It is an > important differentiation to be passed on to folks who haven’t > thought about it. > > Brent DeWitt, AB1LF > Milford, MA > > From: Cortland Richmond [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 10:12 PM > To: mailto:[email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Quasipeak definition > > https://www.amazon.com/Tekpower-TP188-Pocket- > size-Analog-Multimeter/dp/B00064CH6A > > Eh? > > I got some, old and recent, and I used them once to show folks it was > their 14-digit $XX,000, buss- controlled remote multimeter that had > them (planless and clueless) testing everything in sight for WEEKS. > > > Cortland -- WV6, KN4, W9,W1,DL4,DA1>>>KA5S > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. ______________________________________________________________________ - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
