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ZS6CFC > TECH 03.01.06 15:49l 37 Lines 1239 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: The MHz/Mcs conundrum
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Hello , especially OM Pete
The MHz/Mcs conundrum
Hertz 1857-94 , the german physicist, after which the unit
of 1 cycle,the Hertz is named.
Mhh, When did people stop using cycles and did use Hertz?
When precisely might never be answered. Politics probably.
Probably due to a lost WAR. Or even 2 lost ones.
The Electrical pocket book of 1927 for instance does not
list germany under the headings of : Foreign Money-Weights
and Measures.it starts with Argentina and ends with the USA.
No Germany. Politics probably.
In the years later to come, metrics , like Centigrade and
such took hold.
Time heals all wounds, the precise moment Hertz was allowed,
might never be pointed to.
The Hertz in honour to a german physicist. Look , if he was
a SWISS specimen , there might never have been a cycle...
Individuals are judged by their capabilities only as long as
they are not attached to a Country. Nowadays , when - for
instance - Soccer players are bought to play for "any"
country...this constraint is eased somewhat.
When precisely did that custom start? this might be easier
to pinpoint.
73 - Sten, ZS6CFC @ ZS0DLD
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