[Elecraft] [Way (OT)] Pedantic comment about metric usage

[hawley, charles j jr]

Hey! That’s my choice, Furlongs/Fortnight...

Chuck Jack Hawley 
KE9UW

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> On Jul 30, 2019, at 3:26 PM, rich hurd WC3T <rich at wc3t.us> wrote:
> 
> At the risk of arousing Eric’s ire I tender the unit of measure in the most
> obscure terms.  Velocity in furlongs/fortnight, for example.
> 
> Hey, I’m on vacation.
> 
>> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 15:59 Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Yep, KMcs.  Even after Hz and it's metric extensions came along, those
>> who remember when the Holy Frequency was the world's party line still
>> used the more reverent Kcs to refer to it. [:-)
>> 
>> 73,
>> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
>> Sparks NV DM09dn
>> Washoe County
>> 
>>> On 7/30/2019 8:56 AM, Randy Farmer wrote:
>>> Oh, my. Does anyone remember "kilo-megacycles"? Guess we got that one
>>> fixed.
>>> 
>>> 73...
>>> Randy, W8FN
>> 
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