[ARC5] The BC-221 low frequency tank circuit puzzle.

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Glen,

The standards cannot remain, untouched for several generations. 
Otherwise the members of the standards committee would be subject to 
finding a new career involving loss of pleasure boats, mansions, private 
jets, priveleges while they attend remedial classes and do college over 
again for the new job. As long as the 'standards' keep changing they can 
just skate on through life with some occasional rescrambling of the 
codes. But maybe it's the changing nomenclature (the underlying physics 
have probably not changed) that requires the remedial classes and new 
degree(s). <evil grin>

I have found the same things. The language does change (not just our 
labels) over time. When I was a child I was happy and *gay*. But I am no 
longer gay. I haven't changed (not very much) but the word has changed 
dramatically.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 02/14/2016 10:57 AM, Glen Zook via ARC5 wrote:
> When looking at schematics from the 1930s and even into the 1940s, for 
> some reason, where the values of especially resistors are concerned, a 
> number of manufacturers used an "m" instead of a "k" to indicate a 
> multiplier of 1000.
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> The first time this happened to me, I started scratching my head 
> trying to figure out why all the very high value resistors.  Then, I 
> realized that the "m" was used instead of a "k".
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> Glen, K9STH
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> Website: http://k9sth.net
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