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Radio
12-27-2013, 11:56 AM
Converts about anything to just about anything else...

http://www.accelware.com/Unit_Conversion_Tool/index.html

Useful for your next pot luck recipe, antenna project or fussion reactor.

NN5I
12-27-2013, 02:39 PM
Here's how to convert feet to meters.

N3LYT
12-27-2013, 04:14 PM
Calculator function in Win 7 has a pretty good one built in.

Radio
12-27-2013, 05:37 PM
Calculator function in Win 7 has a pretty good one built in.

But can it convert fortnights to parsecs?
Or lightyears to nanometers?
pennyweights to metric tonnes?

:whistle:

NN5I
12-27-2013, 05:57 PM
But can it convert fortnights to parsecs?

That's hard to do, since fortnights are a measure of time (two weeks) and parsecs are a measure of distance (about 30.9 trillion kilometers, or 3.26 light-years).

N3LYT
12-28-2013, 06:32 PM
That's hard to do, since fortnights are a measure of time (two weeks) and parsecs are a measure of distance (about 30.9 trillion kilometers, or 3.26 light-years).

Ha, light years! Got ya.

NN5I
12-29-2013, 08:57 AM
Ha, light years! Got ya.

Are they different from heavy years?

N3LYT
12-30-2013, 07:21 AM
Yeah sort of like drinking a lite beer after a heavy meal.