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drmpeg
on April 20, 2020
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Why Do FM Frequencies End in an Odd Decimal? (2015...
It's funny that nobody has ever changed the frequency units from Mc/s to MHz.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/73.201
ac29
on April 20, 2020
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Ha, it had to be somewhere. The last I recall hearing "megacycles" was in Bond movies from the 1960s. Wikipedia says this was 1960:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz#History
You can see why I say Title 47 is crusty.
ztetranz
on April 20, 2020
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Lots of old hams say "kay cees" and almost get offended when a newcomer says kilohertz.
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