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

[jeremy-ca]

QST used it intermittently in the late 20's along with an occassional 
splatter of metric measurements.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: "J Forster" <jfor at quik.com>; "Al Klase" <al at ar88.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Re: [From Your Hallicrafters Reflector] 
FS:Heathkit, Hallicrafters, HP, National, TenTec and More


> Wikipedia is wrong!  The term "Hertz" was adopted in
> October of 1933 by the International Electrotechnical
> Commission.  Now it was not generally used in the
> United States until the 1960s.  But, the term
> definitely was adopted in 1933.
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> See
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> http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/263882/hertz
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> for details.  Frankly, I respect the Encyclopedia
> Britannica MUCH more than Wikipedia!
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> Glen, K9STH
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> --- J Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:
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> Nope. It was adopted in the 1970s when units were
> reorganized into the SI system. See:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz
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> Glen, K9STH
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