[Elecraft] Units

[Tom Wylie]

For goodness sake - give it a rest everybody with this inane drivel.

This is supposed to be the Elecraft reflector......  Mr Moderator - 
PLEASE!!!!!!!


Tom
GM4FDM




David Cutter wrote:
> I think the term used for the SI is "coherent," ie 1 x 1 = 1, none of 
> your dynes, cubits, foot-pounds etc.  A pity our cousins from across 
> the water are not all on board the SI express.
>
> David
> G3UNA
>
>
>> On 12/8/2008 9:49 AM, Barry Garratt wrote:
>>
>>> Actually a radian is an angular measurement whereas a Hertz (hertz) 
>>> is a
>>> frequency measurement.
>>>
>>> 1 radian = 57.2958 degrees
>>>
>>> 1 hertz = 1 cycle per second
>>
>>    But, but, but.....  1 cycle = 360 degrees  = 2*pi radians, so
>>    frequency can be expressed in radians/second, although the
>>    numbers get unwieldy because frequencies which are an integral
>>    number of Hertz are not an integral number if expressed in
>>    radians/second.
>>
>>    I'm still not used to the Siemens (pronounced Zee-mans)
>>    replacing Mho for units of conductance.
>>
>> --  73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
>>     Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402 
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