Pete,

I can't remember it being "WileyWerld" but there was also a nomograph
for that conversion which required the use of C (Plancke's) in the
conversion formula when used on the first day of the fourth month - had
something to do with a bloke called Newton I think.

73


On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 12:40 +0000, M0FMT wrote:
> 
> Hi Rik
>  
> You have to admit that the introduction of the Hertz was a bit of a
> sop. All due respect to the bloke. I remember, I think it was
> "Wireless World" a proper Journal in the 50/60s had a Log /
> Linear graph providing a simple way to convert from c/s to Hz when the
> Hz was introduced.
>  
> 73 es GL petefmt 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: Rik Strobbe <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Fri, 7 January, 2011 12:22:38
> Subject: RE: LF: Re: JA GRRABBERS at a same time
> 
> > There are CYCLES, KILOCYCLES and MEGACYCLES all related to 
> > FREQUENCY of OCCURENCE
> those who prefer to use units that were decommissioned in 1960 (when
> the SI system was introduced) should at least do it correct : "cycles
> per second", just "cycles" is meaningless.
> 
> > Hertz is a meaningless label in fact its someones Name and is
> technically
> > inapproapriat when describing Frequency.
> So we also have to get rid of Farad (named after Michael Faraday),
> Volt (Alexander Volta), Ohm (Simon Ohm), Ampére (André-Marie Ampere),
> Henry (Joseph Henry), Coulomb (Charles-Augustin de Coulomb), Joule
> (James Joule), Watt (James Watt) and so on ...
> A lot of work to do ;-)
> 
> 73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> Van: [email protected]
> [[email protected]] namens mal hamilton
> [[email protected]]
> Verzonden: vrijdag 7 januari 2011 12:14
> Aan: [email protected]
> Onderwerp: Re: LF: Re: JA GRRABBERS at a same time
> 
> Tony
> In the electronic context.
> There are CYCLES, KILOCYCLES and MEGACYCLES all related to FREQUENCY
> of
> OCCURENCE and can be observed on a 'Scope for example but what does a
> HERTZ
> look like.
> Hertz is a meaningless label in fact its someones Name and is
> technically
> inapproapriat when describing Frequency.
> Rumour has it that one EU member state wants a RESISTOR renamed
> BANSHEE
> 
> G3KEV
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: LF: Re: JA GRRABBERS at a same time
> 
> 
> > Maybe at the same time we could ask other people to use SI units of
> > frequency ?
> >
> > 73, Tony, EI8JK.
> >
> >
> > On 07/01/2011 10:12, mal hamilton wrote:
> > > GD Rick
> > > Your message about grabbers vy useful. Could you ask Grabber
> operators
> to
> > > use UTC please.
> > > Tnx de Malcolm/G3KEV
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rick Wakatori"<[email protected]>
> > > To:<[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:20 AM
> > > Subject: LF: JA GRRABBERS at a same time
> > >
> > >
> > >>    The following URL shows 7 LF grabbers currentry opend in
> Japan.
> > >> Please try to access when your computer works well.
> > >> http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/JH1GVY/ja-grabbers.html
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> -.. .  --...  .-.. .---- .-. .-.. .-.. .-.-.
> > >> 7L1RLL under ubuntu/Linux in Kawasaki,Kanagawa,Japan(JP)
> > >> URL = http://www1.u-netsurf.ne.jp/~7l1rll/radio.html
> > >> -..--- -.- .-.. ..-.. --. --. ...- .-... ...-.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 
-- 
73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw
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(east coast, county of suffolk)