[Elecraft] stranger than real life

[W3FPR - Don Wilhelm]

Vic,

But what about those fractional parts of inches? <G> How many folks have a
good mental picture of how big 9/64 inch is (clearance size for a #6 screw)?

Most values can be expressed with decimals to any degree of precision
desired, so the factors in either system do not matter much to me.  With the
metric system, decimal values are normal and fractions are rare.  Decimal
values enter nicely into a calculator.  I do have a special fractional
calculator in the woodworking shop, but entering the fractions is a chore
compared to entering a decimal string.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Not to mention that the math is not always easier.  12, the number of
> inches in a foot, is evenly divided by 2, 3, 4, and 6; while 10 only has
> 2 and 5.  36, the number of inches in a yard, is evenly divided by 2, 3,
> 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18; but 100, the number of centimeters in a meter is
> only divided by 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50.
>
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> 73
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno, CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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