[Boatanchors] W= J/s AND Siemens

[Kludge]

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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of rbethman
> On 11/15/2010 1:41 PM, Henry Mei'l's wrote:
>> (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)
> It would appear that "some" do not know what the SI (International Units 
> Standards), actually read and mean.
> A Siemen is CONDUCTANCE therefore it is the "old" mho.   It is NOT an Ohm!

Bob, Henry was just having a little gentle fun with us as he often does.
(Note the winking smiley at the end.)  Please don't take things so
seriously; it's just not worth it.  I suspect that Henry can work in SI
quite comfortably, enough to play with it just as comfortably.  He's
certainly willing to play with his first name enough.

SI, Imperial, whatever ... I'll stick with what I'm comfortable using where
appropriate but if I know people won't have a clue what I'm talking about
(120 MC Pentium?  What's that?), I'll go to what's known in that arena.  For
example, for a long time, ham bands were referred to in metric wavelengths
but antennas were measured in feet and inches.  I haven't looked recently if
the latter has changed in the ARRL handbook et al to metric but a current
production antenna I'm looking at purchasing pieces of is measured in feet
and inches.  These are also the (probably inaccurate therefore useless)
units I use for calculations for antennas as do many others.  

Getting back, however, a Mho and a Siemen are the same thing.  A Mho is
often if not always represented by an inverted omega, the symbol used for
the Ohm, or an omega (Ohm) standing on its head (Mho.)

So now can we get back to our usual bickering?

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG BL01xh
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