[Elecraft] KX3 microphone nut size

[Bill Frantz]

On 8/28/20 at 9:14 PM, 73.de.ne1ee at gmail.com (Rich NE1EE) wrote:

>Yes ;-) I started w metric in the 70s, because it made a lot of 
>sense. When I got my license in the 90s, I had to pick up a few 
>Craftsman metric tape measures on one of my trips to 
>Canada...could not find one in the US at all.

Companies like Forestry Suppliers have tapes in both Metric and 
US measures. I particularly like the Metric/Feet and 1/10 - 
1/100 tapes. You can do the arithmetic without converting to 
1/12s of a foot. They are great for making wire antennas.

<https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/products.php?mi=56536&itemnum=39970>

They also have longer tapes up to 100M.

And I agree with Skip about metric vs US. Please tell me which 
is bigger in diameter, a number 35 drill or a number 27? How 
about a number 4 knitting needle or a number 8?

True trivia: The book, "Measuring America" says that at the time 
of the American Revolution there were over 100,000 measurement 
units in use in the colanies. Some of this came from the miller 
using different bushles for buying grain and selling flour. (The 
difference was his profit margin.)

73 Bill AE6JV

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