[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 82, Issue 23 / W= J/s

[Henry Mei'l's]

In response to Eugene, W2HX:

I was thinking almost the same thing,  why not J/s instead of W for Watts? -
except that for the practical reason
that wattage is such a frequently applied concept.
(Note: lower case "s" for second; upper case  "S" is used for Siemens)

(BTW: A not too serious question: If a Siemen is an Ohm (Omega), standing on 
its head (Mho)  -- does that make
a  Nemeis an Ohm ? ;0)

My impression is that going over to Hz was simply a step in maintaning
uniformity in naming most oft-applied electical units after
signifcant individuals connected with the development of electronics.
Also, many countries had already used Hz for quiet some time.
HOWEVER, I also agree that  KC/MC, kc/mc... should be applied to gear where
this was the norm during the era in which the gear was produced, e.g. Boat 
Anchor
gear produced in the US and several other countries
-- before the standardization to Hz.

I went to Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camp when I was a kid.
Hope they don't rename it, Sixteen-kilometer Boy Scout Camp.

(Don't think anyone seriously would consider modernizing the Biblical cubits
measure to metrics, either.)

Does anyone have any objections to US currency being decimal/metric?
I remember being in London and Folkstone when they were converting their
monetary system!

Wasn't there something about Canada once refusing to adhere to adding number 
"1" as
part of an international standard for  keyboards, on the basis that the
letter "l" could be used for both?  What happens when you have a combination
of "1's" and "l's" in the same letter-number group?

Some companies simply use "~" to indicate alternating current.  Why not 7M~
or ~7M  instead of 7MHz?.

Henry *
OZ1UF / N2NR
* Vs/A , Wb/A