[VoIP] 2600 Dial Pulse

[Russ Price]

Peter Duffield wrote:
> (from Wikipedia) ....
> 
> The SI unit hertz (Hz) was established in his honor by the IEC in 1930 for
> frequency, a measurement of the number of times that a repeated event occurs
> per unit of time (also called "cycles per sec" (cps)). In 1969 (East Germany),
> there was cast a Heinrich Hertz memorial medal.

It's a good thing he wasn't named "Richard." :o)

I've seen pictures of WWII-era German radio equipment where frequencies 
were marked in Hertz.  I had wondered when the unit was named.  Of 
course it's no surprise that the US lagged in adopting the term, given 
the spectacular failure of metrication here - I didn't start seeing it 
on radios until the 1970s.

	Russ
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