[Elecraft] Commercial CW Station KSM on the air

Peter PA0PJE pa0pje at xs4all.nl
Sun Jan 21 15:08:31 EST 2007


<quote>
> For What It's Worth:
>(all the OT's use Kc since Hertz hadn't been invented in the heyday of
>marine radiotelegraphy) etc

Well, be it known then, that Hertz "invented"  these cycles and, as a
courtesy to that, his name was given to them, so kHz is the expression and
let's keep it that way. They were invented long before the heyday of marine
radiotelegraphy even before the heyday of whatever radiotelegraphy.

73,
Peter, PA0PJE
K2 #4766



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