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

[Ralph Irish]

	"One of the nice thing about STANDARDS is that there are so many of them."



On Jul 26, 2017, at 11:10 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:

> 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,
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> 
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