[Hallicrafters] vibrator how it works

Dick Blaney wb8mhe at bright.net
Mon Apr 16 05:17:08 EDT 2007


I would like to apologize to all for the unfortunate misspelling of Heinrich 
Hertz' name below.  It was totally unintentional, and accidental.  I should 
have proofread the posting more closely before I sent it.
Dick



> Also, these names are the name of people who collaborated to define the 
> quanity that was named after them.  Herr Jertz did NOT understand what he 
> had demonstrated, and had discovered by accident.
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Edward B Richards" <zuu6k at juno.com>
> To: <hbreuer at debitel.net>
> Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] vibrator how it works
>
>
>> Yes they do! Volt. Ampere and Ohm are the name of the thing being
>> discussed. Hertz is not when we are discussing frequency.
>>
>> Ed K6UUZ
>>
>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:20:32 +0200 Heinz Breuer <hbreuer at debitel.net>
>> writes:
>>> Hertz is an international standard since the 50s.  I wonder if you
>>> use
>>> Volt, Ampere and Ohm? All these units have no meaning if you don't
>>> know
>>> what it is.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edward B Richards schrieb:
>>> > Hi Dick et al;
>>> >
>>> > I could not agree more. I refuse to use Hertz except for certain
>>> > purposes. The designation "cycles per second" is a description of
>>> the
>>> > action, like "miles per hour". Hertz is meaningless unless you
>>> know what
>>> > it stands for......cycles per second. To change from a descriptive
>>> name
>>> > to some guy's name is the same mindset as changing "miles per
>>> hour" to
>>> > "Fords" to honor Henry Ford. The road signs would then say "
>>> maximum
>>> > speed 65 Fords". Again, meaningless unless you know what "Fords"
>>> stand
>>> > for.........miles per hour.
>>> >
>>> > 73 from Ed Richards K6UUZ
>>> > Simi Valley, CA. Home of Air
>>> > Force 1 pavallion
>>>
>>>
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