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Subject: RE: LF: Spelling of units
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Hi Dick,
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Since most replies to your query were somewhat inaccurate, I thought I would set the record straight. See: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html
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73, John, G4CNN
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--- On Sun 02/24, Dick Rollema <d.w.rollema@freeler.nl> wrote:
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> Dear OM,
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> 
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> The following matter has nothing to do with LF but as former editor and 
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> corrector of VERON magazine Electron I nevertheless take the liberty to
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> beg 
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> your opinion on it.
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> 
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> In our country units that are derived from the names of scientists are 
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> written with a lower case letter; for instance volt, ampère, watt, etc.; 
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> not Volt, Ampère, Watt. When abbreviated we use a capital letter, so V, A,
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> 
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> W etc. We also write "5 ohm, not 5 Ohms" (no plural).  And we
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> insert a 
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> space between the number and the unit: "3 V and not 3V".
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> 
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> I wonder what the rules are in other countries, inside [including the 
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> UK  :-)]  and outside Europe because I see a lot of variations in spelling
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> 
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> of units on the reflector.
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> 
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> 73, Dick, PA0SE   
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