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RBBVNL9:
Thanks, rf-messkopf, for the very interesting explanations!

Would you, by any chance, know what the "W" as the first letter stands for in R&S devices? This letter seems to be used for frequency meters of various types. These include two of my favorite oldies in my lab (WAL and WAM), but there were also other models (WAC, WAT, WEN, WFC, WID, WIK, and WIP).

I myself had guessed wellenmesser (if that is a proper word in German)...

egonotto:
Hello,

Probably you are right.

http://www.museum-nt.de/objekte/rs_wip.html:
"Die Darstellungen der Rohde & Schwarz Firmengeschichte  nennen den „Allwellen-Frequenzmesser Type WIP“ eine der ersten Entwicklungen des Unternehmens zu Beginn der  1930er Jahre. Gerät und Messprinzip findet sich bereits in einem Aufsatz von Lothar Rohde und Herrmann Schwarz "Interferenzwellenmesser mit großem Wellenbereich für das Laboratorium" in der Zeitschrift "Hochfrequenztechnik und Elektrodynamik" aus dem Jahr 1932 (Band 40, Seite 117 -120) beschrieben, also noch vor Gründung des Unternehmenes im Jahr 1933."

And in https://www.radiomuseum-bocket.de/wiki/index.php/Rohde_u_Schwarz:
"1935: Die erste Auslandsvertretung
Bereits 1935 übernahm die Firma REMA Leo Haag S.A. in Spanien den Vertrieb von Geräten des „Physikalisch-technischen Entwicklungslabors Dr. L. Rohde und Dr. H. Schwarz“ (PTE). Das erste Projekt war der Verkauf des Interferenzwellenmessgeräts WIP an die Dirección General de Correos y Telecomunicaciones (Generaldirektion für Post und Telekommunikation). Damit ist die REMA als älteste Auslandsvertretung zu sehen."

Best regards
egonotto
TimFox:
The cognate in technical English, "wavemeter" or "absorption wavemeter", is an obsolescent test device comprising a solenoid in parallel with a variable capacitor, where the capacitor dial is calibrated in the resonant frequency.
One places the coil in the vicinity of the machine being tested, then adjusts the capacitor to get a reaction from the machine.
See  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_wavemeter
pdenisowski:

--- Quote from: RBBVNL9 on November 14, 2022, 07:46:22 pm ---I myself had guessed wellenmesser (if that is a proper word in German)...

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I think either "Wellenmesser" or "Wellenmessgerät" are both fine, although be aware that a "Wellenmesser" is also a special kind of knife used to cut wavy (get it?) patterns in vegetables. :)
Bud:

--- Quote from: egonotto on November 13, 2022, 04:40:51 am ---For people from Munich, Psophometer sounds like a measuring device that measures a person's state of intoxication (noise floor).
Because if you drink a lot of alcohol you have a "Rausch" (= intoxication and "rauschen" == noise) and are "bsoffen" (=drunken).

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So it looks like when you are drunk, your Rausch intoxication noise is High, so when you are Not drunk, your Rausch is Low, meaning we are always in some state of intoxication  ;D
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