HW-101 CW filter

[FRED HOLNAGEL]

Well so far as the screwdrivers are concerned, the Japanese call the blade
type a minus and the Phillips a plus..Let's see that gives us an mi for
Michigan and a pl for phase loop. Oh, forget it, this is getting silly.
W7PRV


> [Original Message]
> From: George Babits <gbabits at CUSTERTEL.NET>
> To: <HEATH at LISTS.TEMPE.GOV>
> Date: 5/3/2009 8:25:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [HEATH-TEMPE] HW-101 CW filter
>
> Hi Kent,
>
> With the exception of radios that have a winky-blinky instead of a tuning 
> dial, all my equipment is calibrated in megacycles and kilocycles. 
Cycles 
> is what we are talking about here.  My understanding is that hz stands
for 
> Hertz and I think that was a man's name!  They could have just as well 
> called them "Marconies" and abreviated that as Mc so then a million 
> Marconies would have been MMc and a thousand would be KMc.  Neat huh! 
And 
> you would have to differentiate screwdrivers.  The "Smith" would have to
be 
> a common screw driver as we have a Phillips; or that could be a a Smith 
> Phillips.
>
> I have to also own up to having a "Home," or "fixed" station rather than
a 
> base station.  Police, fire, taxis, and CB'ers have base stations.
>
> Ah the illusion of words,
> George
> W7HDL 
>
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