PA0SE wrote:
In our country units that are derived from the names of scientists are written
with
a lower case letter; for instance volt, >ampère, watt, etc.; not Volt, Ampère,
Watt.
When abbreviated we use a capital letter, so V, A, W etc. We also write "5
>ohm, not
5 Ohms" (no plural). And we insert a space between the number and the unit: "3
V and
not 3V".
I wonder what the rules are in other countries, inside [including the UK :-)]
and
outside Europe because I see a lot of >variations in spelling of units on the
reflector.
I think the answer, in the UK at least, is that there is no formal rules and we
see
all variations of capitals, small letters etc with no consistency at all. I do
try
however to use capital M for mega and lower case m for milli, if only others
would do
the same.
73s Dave G3YMC
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