[Elecraft] Units

Mike Harris mike.harris at horizon.co.fk
Mon Dec 8 11:32:06 EST 2008


G'day,

| The big "M" vs. small "m" is something I'm very aware of usually, but 
I'm
| not sure what a big "K" indicates vs. a small "k".  I've always just
| considered either to mean "kilo".

Most prefixes which make a unit bigger are written in capital letters (M, 
G, T etc) and when they make a unit smaller lower case is used (m, n, p 
etc).  One of the exceptions is kilo (k) which is used to avoid possible 
confusion with kelvin (K).

Regards,

Mike VP8NO 



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