[Milsurplus] Re mhz

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

mHz is the abbreviation for millihertz. This is subaudible. It is a pet 
peeve of mine that people use abbreviations incorrectly, especially when 
they involve misleading units. I see people that say that they need 
something to tune so many mHz when in fact they really mean that they want 
something to tune so many MHz. They are going to be very surprised when 
they get what they asked for rather than what they meant.

All goes back to mean what you say or say what you mean.

Mega is 10^6, milli is 10^-3. A difference of 10^9. See 
<http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html> for the definitions of SI 
units.

Wish we would go back to Megacycles. A self defining term.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV



At 05:11 PM 01/11/06, phil wrote:
>German prewar radio, calibrated in MHZ
>Note the correct spelling is :    mHz or kHz
>The Herze name is capitalized. The mega or kilo ialong with
>the z is small letters.
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