[Boatanchors] Re: [From Your Hallicrafters Reflector] FS: Heathkit, Hallicrafters, HP, National, TenTec and More

[Al Klase]

My suspicion is, that because Heinrich Hertz was German, the unit of 
measurement was not adopted into English until the unpleasantness of WWI 
and WWII was resolved.

Al

Mike wrote:
> Well actually Hertz had been invented by then but he called
> em cycles too! I think. Maybe?
>
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> On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 11:45 -0700, Lloyd KK7IZ wrote:
>   
>> Correction on your listing for NC-45. Coverage is 550 kilocycles to 30 
>> megacycles. Hertz hadn't been invented yet.
>> Thanx
>> Lloyd  KK7IZ
>> kk7iz at cox.net
>>
>>
>>     

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