[Milsurplus] Symbols clarification

[Michael A. Bittner]

mH is correct for millihenry.  uH is OK for microhenry, but Greek lower-case letter mu is preferred instead of u.  In my magazine articles, the editor always changes my u's to Greek lower-case letter mu's.  Bottom line; either the magazine or the catalog made a mistake.  Mike Bittner, W6MAB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pete Williams 
  To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:48 PM
  Subject: [Milsurplus] Symbols clarification


  G'evening. INDUCTANCE SYMBOLS.have I missed something? I seem to be a
  smidgeon confused re symbols /prefixes for inductance.

  I see a schematic in QST asks for a 10 mH rf choke and gives a part number.
  I check the Mouser catalog and see the same part number is prefixed 10uH.

   SO.. is usage of this prefix interchangeable or are  'milli' and 'micro'
  mistakes in cataloging and or schematic labeling ? ..

   This  example is  not the only one encountered  in the literature where
  inductance is quoted in schematics/descriptions

  Clarification  ? 

  Pete  VK3IZ

   

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