[ARC5] Cost of sets - 1950 and 2010

[Henry Mei'l's]

Hello Niel,

What I mean is that you have a 'natural' ruler with you when it comes to 
inches, feet, yards ; namely,
your own body! I believe these units were based on King John's measurements, 
used as basis.

I find converting areas and volumes to be a nuisance. Not to mention gms to 
and from ounces when sending letters.

Too bad you can't put up an antenna.  No chance of a stealth / thin guage or 
drain pipe/rain gutter lash up/ short removable window flagpole?
Not the best DX antennas by a long shot.
But if you don't have cable you'd probably have TVI problems that way.

Best wishes,
Henry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil" <neilb at ihug.co.nz>
To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Cost of sets - 1950 and 2010


>> 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
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARC5 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3154 - Release Date: 09/23/10 
08:34:00