[Milsurplus] MCS vs MHz in Castles in the sky

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

I had understood many years ago that the Germans first used Hertz for CPS, waaaaaay 
back...like in the 1920s or close to it.

Ken W7EKB


On 29 Mar 2019 at 21:07, Jim Whartenby wrote:

> 
> Ron
> In 1930, Hertz was adopted by the Brits (IEC) in lieu of cps, it only took another 30 years for the 
> French standards organization CGPM to officially adopt Hertz and another 10 years or so to 
> cross the pond; all according to our friend, Mr. Google.  
> See: 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz
> https://www.iec.ch/about/history/overview/
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures
> Jim
> 
> I wonder why people argue over the 10% of their differences and ignore the 90% they agree on?
> 
> 
> On Friday, March 29, 2019, 2:44:39 PM CDT, Ron.K3PID <ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> When was the Hertz universally adopted as the unit of frequency? I watched 
> Castles in the Sky this morning and noted that when they were able to get to 200 
> MHz they actually said 200 mega Hertz. I thought MCS or MC or Megacycles was 
> still widely used through the 50´s.
>  
>  
> Just curious!
> Ron K3PID
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