[BC] need a NON-technical explanation

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Yes. Then Boonton made the Megacycle Meter http://www.hparchive.com/Boonton/Boonton-Manual-59.pdf  --and it has been all down hill since!

Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Youvan" <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com>

Donna Halper wrote:

> This may be an old-radio query, but I know some of you are hams so perhaps you can help me explain something.  I am finishing up my dissertation for my PhD after all these years (I always wanted a Doctorate, and you're never too old to study something new) and am struggling with how to explain in non-technical terms why radio stations of the 1920s moved away from using meters and embraced the term "kilocycles".  (I know they did it beginning in 1923, and it basically seems to have become fait accompli by around 1927.)  I believe hams still use meters, do they not?

   Originally the "frequency" of signals was measured with a "Lecher lines or
Lecher wires" setup.