[Elecraft] K3 dumb Q about PPM, less dumb one about NB

[Don Wilhelm]

Phil,

It is all about being un-ambiguous IMHO.  M = Mega, m = milli. Others 
which require careful use so as not to confuse are "da" = deca. "d" = 
deci, P = peta while p = pico. Z = zeta, z = zepto; Y = yolta and y = 
yocto.  See the SI standard - yes the chart I am looking at uses 
uppercase for Mega and greater.

73,
Don W3FPR

Phil Hystad wrote:
> I think an easier way to remember is that starting from the very small of the prefixes up through kilo, they are all lower case.  Then, beginning with Mega and all those that are larger are upper case.  Thus, Mega begins the upper case range, everything else below is lower case.  But, I totally ignore these when it comes to kHz --- I like the look of KHz better then kHz so will will write KHz down whenever I am writing kilo-Hertz.
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> 73,
> phil, K7PEH
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