On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 04:21:40 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:36:50 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

Meindert,

That is a new notation for me. Is it a European thing? I like it.
Compact!

Doug

That's the resistance that's printed on the top of all the surface
mount tiny resistors. You can't see a PERIOD that small....(c;



Larry W4CSC

The surface mount resistors I've used are marked with a three (or
four) digit code mimicking the standard colour code - a 2K2 (or 2.2K)
resistor would be marked "222", and a 10K, 103.

I think the 2K2 style notation was originally a European thing, but is
becoming better known and used in North America.



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