[Milsurplus] MCS vs MHz in Castles in the sky

[Al Klase]

My only-halfway-joking observation has always been that we weren't going 
to honor a German scientist until all the WWI-WWII unpleasantness had 
been thoroughly resolved.

Al

On 3/30/2019 3:59 AM, Andy Young wrote:
>
> I don’t recall Hertz being in common use in the UK until the 1970’s. 
> Wartime documentation always used c/s.
>
> Andy
>
> M0FYA
>
> *From:*milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> <milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *Jim Whartenby
> *Sent:* 29 March 2019 21:08
> *To:* milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] MCS vs MHz in Castles in the sky
>
> 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 <mailto: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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Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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