[GreenKeys] Why "kHz" instead of "KHz"?

[Paul Pennington]

Hz is capitalized because it is the name of a scientist, Hertz.  Units,
like k for kilo, m for mega, etc, are not capitalized.

Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>    Thank you, clarifies a couple of things. I have been writing KHz which
> turns out to be incorrect, should be kHz.
>
> On 7/25/2017 6:30 PM, tony.podrasky wrote:
>
>> This is from the USMA (U.S. Metric Association) website:
>>
>> <http://www.us-metric.org/correct-si-metric-usage/>
>>
>> I KNOW "Google is my friend" but sometimes I just don't think about
>> using it when it comes to bizarre questions.
>>
>> UE,
>> K2EAA - TONY
>> NNNN
>> ZCZC
>>
>> On 07/25/2017 05:57 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>
>>>     That makes a sort of sense. Not enough letters to go around and its
>>> important that symbols be consistent.
>>>
>>>
>>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
>
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