That's kilomegawatts for us OFs. It's been a while since I watched
that movie so I don't know if he used it in the 1955 sequences, but
the "giga" prefix wasn't commonly used until a few years later.
Bob, N7XY
On Apr 17, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Robert Bonner wrote:
> Best utilized by Dr. Emmitt Brown in the form of 1.21 JIGAWATTS.
>
> BOB DD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-
> bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of The Bowers
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:50 PM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] Hertz
>
> A few days ago, some guy (HAD to be a graybeard) had the audacity
> to refer
> to frequency in terms of megacycles. While this may be considered
> by many to
> be a grievous social error, I would remind you all that:
>
>
>
> AC does not Hertz, it cycles.
>
>
>
> The only time it Hertz is when you touch it.
>
>
>
> 73's,
>
>
>
> Dana W6TUO
>
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