[ARC5] Cost of sets - 1950 and 2010

[Neil]

> Don't know if it's true or not, but I heard and read  that one of the Mars 
> landings messed up because velocity and or distance calculations switched 
> over to feet-mph instead of meters-km/hr -- either a computer or human 
> glitch.

Hi Henry, last I heard it was true, and expensive.

> Europeans shake their heads about the Anglo-Saxon use of  feet, inches etc.
> BUT one advantage is that an inch is the rough quivalent of the top joint of 
> your thumb, the foot
> ... , the yard the length of your extended arm to mid-chest, etc.

I don't quite understand the significance of that.

> But metric is the only real way to go -- I even feel taller when I give my 
> height in centimeters ;0)
> (Still, I can't help but feel that a centimeter is an undernourished inch 
> and a kilometer is stingy mile.)
> 
> Would you be interested in trying for a CW sked on 14, 18 or 21 MHz?
> 
> Henry, OZ1UF Cph.
> 

Sorry Henry, my apartment dwelling doesn't allow HF antennas, so about
all I do these days is APRS and packet on the 5 cubit band.

Regards
Neil ZL1ANM