[Milsurplus] MCS vs MHz in Castles in the sky

[Francesco Ledda]

Cycle/sec is more descriptive than Hertz. 

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> On Mar 30, 2019, at 09:57, Jim Whartenby <antqradio at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> The power of propaganda added to the resistance to change?  Or should resistance be reluctance?
> Jim
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> I wonder why people argue over the 10% of their differences and ignore the 90% they agree on?
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> On Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:07:23 AM CDT, Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Al
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>> On 3/30/2019 3:59 AM, Andy Young wrote:
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> I don’t recall Hertz being in common use in the UK until the 1970’s. Wartime documentation always used c/s.
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> 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
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> Ron
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> 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.  
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz
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> https://www.iec.ch/about/history/overview/
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures
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> Jim
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> I wonder why people argue over the 10% of their differences and ignore the 90% they agree on?
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> On Friday, March 29, 2019, 2:44:39 PM CDT, Ron.K3PID <ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Just curious!
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> Ron K3PID
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