[BC] radio terminology question

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

What principle ? As I understand it, he was the actual discoverer of radio
waves / electromagnetic radiation........
M
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From: "Bill Brister" <bbrister at sbcglobal.net>
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> The time frame for the change is around 1970. The change was made to honor
> Heinrich Hertz the German physicist who discovered the principle.
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> I was wondering-- when I was a kid, we used to refer to the AM frequencies
> as Kilocycles (kc), and all of the old radio books I collect use this
> term.  At what point did the name get changed to Kilohertz (kH) and what
> was the reason for the change?
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