[ARC5] Meter. Feet, Pounde etc.,,

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

The FAA specifies tower lights in candela while most of the other 
measurements that I have found for light is candle power or lumens.

I do not see how anyone could build a radio with 80 meters. How could 
you possibly read all of them?

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 11:32 PM 9/23/2010, you wrote:
>There was a related split between the CGS and Rationalized MKS systems.
>
>Remember abamps?
>
>I've learnt both EE and ME and use the two systems interchangably. If
>doing EE, I use MKS; if ME the English system. I really have zero feeling
>for an air conditioner calculation in calories or a beam strength in Kg.
>
>You only really have to learn about a dozen conversions.
>
>IMO, neither system really has much over the other.
>
>Oh, and frequencies are in Hz. Wavelengths are in microns or nanoimeters
>(optical).
>
>FWIW,
>
>-John
>
>================
>
>
>
> >> ...hey, let's get on 260 feet.
> >
> > When I was an Electrical Engineering undergraduate student, thirty-mumble
> > years ago, we took some little pride in the electrical sciences having
> > always been metric from the start.
> >
> > We even looked down a little upon our fellow mechanical-minded students
> > for their use of awkward English units like BTUs and foot-pounds.  You
> > just had to snicker a little at a units system that included the SLUG.
> >
> > Mike / KK5F
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