[Elecraft] KX3 Display LEDs

[Don Wilhelm]

Unfortunately, one has to be cautious of common "technical slang" in an 
international community.  Yes, common in US machinist's talk is for a 
'mil' to equal 0.001 inch.  I am not certain of the origin and even 
though I looked it up at Wikipedia, I still don't have any answer to why 
'thou' is equal to 'mil' (even though I use and understand that unit 
myself).

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/3/2012 12:05 AM, Matt Maguire wrote:
> Here a "mil" is ovbiously not referring to a millimetre, otherwise the LEDs are sticking up 5cm! So, I did a google search, and discovered that in the Imperial measurement system, it can also refer to one thousandth of an inch (0.0254mm).
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> That means 50 mils = 1.27mm, which makes much more sense. You learn something every day :-)
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