Megahertz is defined as MHz, kilohertz as kHz and hertz as Hz. It is,
in fact, ALWAYS a capital "H" to pay homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz.
Consider: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hertz.htm or,
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.c...214263,00.html
or, http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/glossary.htm (click on "M" or
"J-K" - these folks should know the difference)

I have a different understanding. Hz is written with a capital H not to pay
homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz, but more simply because all measurement units
begin with a capital letter.

Homage was instead paid to Mr Kelvin when they decided that the capital K is
assigned to the temperature measurement unit (kelvin degree) instead than to the
1000 multiplier. This explains why kilohertz is written with a small k, an
exception to the general rule that all multipliers have a capital lettere (kHz,
MHz, GHz, THz).

73

Tony I0JX.

On Fri, 16 May 2008 21:48:37 UTC, "Antonio Vernucci"
wrote:

Megahertz is defined as MHz, kilohertz as kHz and hertz as Hz. It is,
in fact, ALWAYS a capital "H" to pay homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz.
Consider: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hertz.htm or,
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.c...214263,00.html
or, http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/glossary.htm (click on "M" or
"J-K" - these folks should know the difference)

I have a different understanding. Hz is written with a capital H not to pay
homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz, but more simply because all measurement units
begin with a capital letter.

Homage was instead paid to Mr Kelvin when they decided that the capital K is
assigned to the temperature measurement unit (kelvin degree) instead than to the
1000 multiplier. This explains why kilohertz is written with a small k, an
exception to the general rule that all multipliers have a capital lettere (kHz,
MHz, GHz, THz).

73

Tony I0JX.
I still use kilocycles and megacycles, that is because my boatanchors
have the words on the dial faces!

On Fri, 16 May 2008, Count Floyd wrote:

On Fri, 16 May 2008 21:48:37 UTC, "Antonio Vernucci"
wrote:

Megahertz is defined as MHz, kilohertz as kHz and hertz as Hz. It is,
in fact, ALWAYS a capital "H" to pay homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz.
Consider: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hertz.htm or,
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.c...214263,00.html
or, http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/glossary.htm (click on "M" or
"J-K" - these folks should know the difference)

I have a different understanding. Hz is written with a capital H not to pay
homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz, but more simply because all measurement units
begin with a capital letter.

Homage was instead paid to Mr Kelvin when they decided that the capital K is
assigned to the temperature measurement unit (kelvin degree) instead than to the
1000 multiplier. This explains why kilohertz is written with a small k, an
exception to the general rule that all multipliers have a capital lettere (kHz,
MHz, GHz, THz).

73

Tony I0JX.
I still use kilocycles and megacycles, that is because my boatanchors
have the words on the dial faces!


Of course, if we're nitpicking, there's no such thing as kilocycles and
megacycles. They always needed the "per second" attached to them in order
to have meaning, since otherwise you'd not know what time period the
million or thousand cyles appeared in.

When Hertz was brought in as a replacement, the ambiguity went away
since Hertz mean "cycle per second".

Michael VE2BVW

Antonio Vernucci wrote:
Megahertz is defined as MHz, kilohertz as kHz and hertz as Hz. It is,
in fact, ALWAYS a capital "H" to pay homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz.
Consider: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/hertz.htm or,
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.c...214263,00.html

or, http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/glossary.htm (click on "M" or
"J-K" - these folks should know the difference)

I have a different understanding. Hz is written with a capital H not to
pay homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz, but more simply because all
measurement units begin with a capital letter.

That contradicts units like the gram (g, kg, mg), the meter (m, cm, mm,
km) the liter/litre (l, ml), the second (sec, msec)... or at least how
they are presented in all my science texts, and...

Homage was instead paid to Mr Kelvin when they decided that the capital
K is assigned to the temperature measurement unit (kelvin degree)
instead than to the 1000 multiplier.

....Fahrenheit (F), Rankin (R), Henry (H, mH), Farad (F, pF, nF), Volta
(V), Ampere (A), Gauss (G, mG), Tesla (T), Watt (W, mW, kW, MW)...

This explains why kilohertz is
written with a small k, an exception to the general rule that all
multipliers have a capital lettere (kHz, MHz, GHz, THz).

....deci (d), centi (c), milli (m), nano (n), pico (p), femto (f), atto (a),

Am I missing your sarcasm?

Although, I frequently (almost always) see 'million' prefixed by 'm' by
the news media in headlines, like 'XYZ Liable for $10m' A liability of
ten cents isn't a big news item. In my opinion.


73

Tony I0JX.

- W8LNA

I have a different understanding. Hz is written with a capital H not to pay
homage to Mr. Heinrich Hertz, but more simply because all measurement units
begin with a capital letter.

That contradicts units like the gram (g, kg, mg), the meter (m, cm, mm, km)
the liter/litre (l, ml), the second (sec, msec)... or at least how they are
presented in all my science texts, and...

I was referring to all the measurement units that bear the name of a scientist.
Those units all begin with a capital letter


Homage was instead paid to Mr Kelvin when they decided that the capital
K is assigned to the temperature measurement unit (kelvin degree) instead
than to the 1000 multiplier.

...Fahrenheit (F), Rankin (R), Henry (H, mH), Farad (F, pF, nF), Volta (V),
Ampere (A), Gauss (G, mG), Tesla (T), Watt (W, mW, kW, MW)...

Your examples confirms that all measurement units bearing the name of a
scientist begin with a capital letter. The homage to Kelvin consists in the fact
that his name was given to the temperature measurement unit even though the
letter K had already been reserved for the 1,000 multiplier. So, the 1,000
multiplier was renamed from K to k, and the K was given to the temperature
measurement


This explains why kilohertz is written with a small k, an exception to the
general rule that all multipliers have a capital lettere (kHz, MHz, GHz,
THz).

...deci (d), centi (c), milli (m), nano (n), pico (p), femto (f), atto (a),

The ones you mention are not multipliers (i.e. 1,000, 1,000,000, etc,) but
sub-multipliers (i.e. 0.001, 0.000001, etc) . The general rule is that
multipliers have a capital letter, the sub-multipliers have a small letter



Am I missing your sarcasm?

You must have missed it, because I am always quite serious and never sarcastic.

73

Tony I0JX

On May 17, 4:20*pm, "Antonio Vernucci" wrote:
That contradicts units like the gram (g, kg, mg), the meter (m, cm, mm, km)
the liter/litre (l, ml), the second (sec, msec)... or at least how they are
presented in all my science texts, and...

I was referring to all the measurement units that bear the name of a scientist.
Those units all begin with a capital letter

fermi = fm (yeah, I know, a non-SI unit, but nuclear physicists never
talk about femtometers, they talk about fermis... and it just so
happens that a fermi is a femtometer.)

This explains why kilohertz is written with a small k, an exception to the
general rule that all multipliers have a capital lettere *(kHz, MHz, GHz,
THz).

...deci (d), centi (c), milli (m), nano (n), pico (p), femto (f), atto (a),

The ones you mention are not multipliers (i.e. 1,000, 1,000,000, etc,) but
sub-multipliers (i.e. 0.001, 0.000001, etc) . The general rule is that
multipliers have a capital letter, the sub-multipliers have a small letter

General rule, but there's other exceptions too: h (hecto) for 100, da
(deca) for 10. In fact the multipliers for 10, 100, and 1000 all use
lowercase letters - how's that for another general rule for ya!

Am I missing your sarcasm?

You must have missed it, because I am always quite serious and never sarcastic.

It's a little bombastic to come across setting up all sorts of rules
and then have those who work in industries point out all the
exceptions.

Tim.