[Elecraft] K1-Tilt Stand

[Ron D' Eau Claire]

> o what is the type of screws to fasten the tilt to the K1-case?
>
> As we in Europe have implemented our measurement systems to metric,
> most of us just don't have non-metric srews in our pockets...
> 73
> Egbert (DF2SJ, spricke@aol.com)
>
> PS: Have you Amercan's ever thought about moving towards metric as
>        well?? Even the Englsh changed their "6 shillings to a pound" to a
>        decimal value !   :-)))


Those screws should be listed in the front of your assembly manual. At least
they did that for the K2. I don't have a K1, but the K2 uses 4-40 screws.
The first "4" is the diameter and the "40" is the number of turns per inch.

In the USA the STANDARD system of weights and measures is the METRIC system!
It was adopted by the Congress of the United States sometime in the middle
of the 19th century - around 1870 I believe.

What our Congress failed to do was to require its use. They allowed
businesses to continue to use either system, so the silly old system of
inches and feet, ounces and pounds is still stuck to us like a bad habit.

There was even a plan to 'convert' the USA to Metric use a couple of decades
ago, thereby making us more competitive in the world market and saving us
Billions of dollars each year. It came to grief over an almost fanatical
revolt by Americans who felt that they'd never understand how big anything
was again if we couldn't use our precious inches and pounds. As you probably
know, us "Yanks" are nothing if we aren't stubborn.

Metric measurement has been almost universal in scientific and much
engineering work for the half century that I've messed with it. In all of my
work I use metric measurements, then append "English" equivalents for the
American readers.

Metric is slowly slipping into 'daily life' as well. Many Americans don't
realize that they can't buy a quart of a soft drink. It comes in Liters.

Well, that's my 2 grams (or cubic centimeters of water) worth - whichever is
larger <G>.

Ron AC7AC
K2 # 1289