[Boatanchors] W= J/s AND Siemens

[J. Forster]

I would think you guys would call it a 1.6 Meter Pentium.

-John

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> -----Original Message-----
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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
> http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
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> Hiki Nô!
>
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