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

[Ralph Mowery]

>From the  chart, the capital M is for mega where the small m is for mili, both being orders of magnitude.   The chart shows K as for deg Kelvin.  It is also for the element Potassium.  

It is doubtful that anyone would confuse deg K for a  frequency.  

 

I think most of the time someone or group makes up what is what just so there will be a standard even if it does not make any sense.

 

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Pennington
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 8:16 PM
To: Richard Knoppow
Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Why "kHz" instead of "KHz"?

 

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



 

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