[Elecraft] KX3 Display LEDs

[Matt Maguire]

I think this is due to the French influence on the metric system: in French, the word "mille" means "1000".

73, Matt VK2ACL.

On 03/01/2012, at 4:20 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> 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).
>> 
>> That means 50 mils = 1.27mm, which makes much more sense. You learn something every day :-)
>> 
>> 
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