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Mittelwellen-Sucher

English translation: MW tuning scale (long) tuning dial (circular)

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German term or phrase:Mittelwellen-Sucher
English translation:MW tuning scale (long) tuning dial (circular)
Entered by: Textklick

16:18 Mar 19, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Media / Multimedia / Radio
German term or phrase: Mittelwellen-Sucher
"Schon die Beschriftung der Mittelwellen-Sucher alter Radios erzählt geheimnisvolle Geschichten aus London, Paris, Athen, Budapest, Brüssel und Rom."

I'm not all that familar with old radios and am not sure what "Beschriftung der Mittelwellen-Sucher" would be called in English.

Any ideas and suggestions very much appreciated.

All the best


Ian
IanW (X)
Local time: 12:50
tuning display/waveband display
Explanation:
the legend on the tuning display

I wouldn't put medium wave Ian, because obviously all the foreign stations were on long wave. I think that's an author's bloop.

(There were always weird names like Beromunster (CH) Kalundborg (DK).
The romance of it all.

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Note added at 4 hrs 20 mins (2004-03-19 20:39:07 GMT)
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I have just been in discussion with a friend who is a radio freak. The correct answer is:
Tuning scale - for a long one i.e. the rectangular radios. old hi-fi\'s and some square ones.
Tuing dial - for the square and dome-shaped radios with a circular \"sucher\".

The only question is which were more popular??? ;-)

I would risk a guess that tuning dials would be adequate...


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Note added at 4 hrs 21 mins (2004-03-19 20:39:55 GMT)
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Radio Ga-Ga?? ;-)
Selected response from:

Textklick
Local time: 11:50
Grading comment
Thanks Chris and everyone else who contributed
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3tuning display/waveband display
Textklick
3 +2AM dial
NGK
4medium wave
David Moore (X)
4In the US
gangels (X)


  

Answers


32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
medium wave


Explanation:
"....stations shown on the medium wave...."
would be my way of expressing this. Hilversum, Helsinki, Brussels, Paris, Lille, Luxembourg, BBC Home Service, Light Programme, Third Programme....

David Moore (X)
Local time: 12:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
AM dial


Explanation:
*

NGK
United States
Local time: 05:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Textklick: If he's painting pictures of the old days the word MW would be used rather than AM IMO.
42 mins
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: perfect; or "AM/MW dial"?
2 hrs
agree  Lori Dendy-Molz: We collect old European radios, and we actually still listen to "MW" on them. Unless British English also used "MW" for "AM", I'd go with this.
2 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tuning display/waveband display


Explanation:
the legend on the tuning display

I wouldn't put medium wave Ian, because obviously all the foreign stations were on long wave. I think that's an author's bloop.

(There were always weird names like Beromunster (CH) Kalundborg (DK).
The romance of it all.

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Note added at 4 hrs 20 mins (2004-03-19 20:39:07 GMT)
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I have just been in discussion with a friend who is a radio freak. The correct answer is:
Tuning scale - for a long one i.e. the rectangular radios. old hi-fi\'s and some square ones.
Tuing dial - for the square and dome-shaped radios with a circular \"sucher\".

The only question is which were more popular??? ;-)

I would risk a guess that tuning dials would be adequate...


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Note added at 4 hrs 21 mins (2004-03-19 20:39:55 GMT)
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Radio Ga-Ga?? ;-)

Textklick
Local time: 11:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Chris and everyone else who contributed

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Guenther Danzer: aber Mittelwelle ist schon OK. Da gab's auch jede Menge internationale Sender, die man aber meist nur Abends gut empfangen konnte. (Das Display war eine Glasplatte, auf der die Stationen aufgedruckt waren.
25 mins
  -> Thanks Guenther. I didn't know you got MW intl. at night because I was already in bed, listening to Radio Luxembourg ;-)
agree  Klaus Herrmann: As matter of fact, I remember having a short wave receiver with all those fancy station names. Whatever the wavelength, tuning display is just fine IMHO.
1 hr
agree  Michael Pauls: My favourite was Banska-Bystrica. Never managed to tune in to that station, though.
1 hr
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: if you look at an old radio you'll find that the AM dial has many place names, whereas LW only a few!
3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
In the US


Explanation:
we have AM radio (Mittelwelle) and FM radio (shortwave). If you want to capture stations from around the world, you buy a shortwave transmitter (actually ultra shortwave, but everybody calls it just shortwave)

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Note added at 2004-03-19 21:20:57 (GMT)
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the Sucher is of course the \'tuner\'

gangels (X)
Local time: 04:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kevin Fulton: FM is UKW (88.x - 107.x MHz) , not what is commonly called short wave in the US
25 mins
  -> UKW is FM, but that's Kurzwelle, n'est pas? May have not been my brightest moment sermonizing
neutral  Textklick: Mensch Klaus, wenn FM shortwave ist ist, dann heiss' ich Meier! ;-)
3 hrs
  -> If you promise to always agree with me in the future, I'll upgrade you from Mensch Meier to Beyer jun.
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