Irony - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

julie_m · 29th May 2010, 12:01 pm

Has anybody else noticed that MW and LW radio dials always used to be marked with wavelengths in metres; then, when we went metric, they changed to being marked with frequencies in kHz?

Was there a reason for this?

Darren-UK · 29th May 2010, 12:12 pm

See this thread in which the consensus seems to be that it was as a result of foreign influence.

julie_m · 29th May 2010, 12:30 pm

So it was probably just coincidence with the timing, then?

May as well close this thread, as there's already a link to the earlier one which pretty much says it all anyway.

29th May 2010, 12:01 pm	#1
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Irony Has anybody else noticed that MW and LW radio dials always used to be marked with wavelengths in metres; then, when we went metric, they changed to being marked with frequencies in kHz? Was there a reason for this? __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.

29th May 2010, 12:12 pm	#2
Darren-UK Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Posts: 4,061	Re: Irony See this thread in which the consensus seems to be that it was as a result of foreign influence.

29th May 2010, 12:30 pm	#3
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: Irony So it was probably just coincidence with the timing, then? May as well close this thread, as there's already a link to the earlier one which pretty much says it all anyway. __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.