[BC] To Hz or not to Hz? (WAS:WLW--500 kW?)

WFIFeng@aol.com WFIFeng
Wed Jul 6 07:41:59 CDT 2005


In a message dated 07/05/2005 07:33:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jvodenik at sosinet.net writes:

> I don't buy into this MHz and KHz stuff...it's still Kc and Mc for me. 
>  Kinda like politically correct, thank goodness I'm NOT.

Curious... why deny credit to Heinrich Hertz, who discovered these "Hertzian 
Waves", by not using his name as the designator for frequency? It's considered 
standard nomenclature. Why the "rebellion"?

Willie...


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