Dear Jim,
Congratulations on your letter to QST. Letters like yours are the
sorts of efforts that I believe are especially powerful in getting
more followers for the metric system, see the 6 minute TED Talk at http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html
for a giggle.
By the way, when you use 73 as your next to signing remark, do you
intend the original meaning of 'My love to you', see http://www.ac6v.com/73.htm#73
?
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see
http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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On 2010/06/22, at 09:43 , James R. Frysinger wrote:
This is a copy of the email I sent just now to the author of a
report in QST, pertinent to my recent posting. The address list
included some of the "powers that be" in QST and ARRL.
Jim
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Intelligent posting
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:41:21 -0500
From: James R. Frysinger <[email protected]>
To: ...
Dear ...,
I read your fascinating report on your mod to a 2 m antenna to add
70 cm
band coverage in the July issue, just received.
You have my personal thanks for providing not only an excellent hint
to
the rest of us, but also for doing so intelligently. Your report used
metric units and no others.
I have never understood why ARRL has persisted in reporting antenna
designs in feet and inches for coverage in bands that are designated
in
meters! After all, we use metric units for everything else -- e.g.,
volt, ohm, henry, ampere, farad, etc. It's refreshing to see a cleanly
presented antenna design and report a modern unit of measure that is
consistent with the others we use in amateur radio.
73,
Jim Frysinger
WE4SI
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James R. Frysinger
632 Stony Point Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559-3030
(C) 931.212.0267
(H) 931.657.3107
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James R. Frysinger
632 Stony Point Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559-3030
(C) 931.212.0267
(H) 931.657.3107
(F) 931.657.3108
