[BC] need a NON-technical explanation

[David Reaves]

But then Georg Ohm was also German. However, since the "Ohm" measurement had been in use for nearly a century, perhaps substituting another name for the unit during wartime would have met with resistance.

;-)

Kind Regards,
David Reaves

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:30:05 -0600, "Steve Schoon" <steven.schoon at uni.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> One of the first broadcast engineers I talked to back when I was a young pup
> told me that the term Hertz was deliberately avoided during and after WWII,
> because Hertz was a German...
> 
> Urban legend??
> 
> I was one of those that resented this 'change' thing
> when  'kc'  was changed to 'kHz' circa 1965 or so here
> in the U.S.   The rest of the world was already way
> ahead of us.