off-air-standard

French translation: étalon (norme) de radiodiffusion

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English term or phrase:off-air-standard
French translation:étalon (norme) de radiodiffusion
Entered by: Jean-Christophe Duc

11:02 Feb 28, 2019
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Multimeters and measure instruments
English term or phrase: off-air-standard
When using the X mulimeter:
An example of using the function XXX would be if you need to trigger accurately at a 2 MHz rate when digitizing.
Use a 10 MHz off-air-standard to provide an accurate frequency source.
Jean-Christophe Duc
France
Local time: 19:53
étalon (norme) de radiodiffusion
Explanation:
ça me semble censé....

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Note added at 6 heures (2019-02-28 17:52:41 GMT)
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https://www.r-e-f.org/images/stories/Services/CEM/alerte-dis...

Dans ce lien, on a fréquence étalon. Mais comme le terme fréquence est cité juste après, c'est préférable d'éviter la redondance....
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GILOU
France
Local time: 19:53
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1étalon (norme) de radiodiffusion
GILOU
1 +2étalon radiodiffusé
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
"enabling the transmission to be used as an off-air frequency standard."
FX Fraipont (X)

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
étalon radiodiffusé


Explanation:
It means a frequenct standard that is broadcast over the air (i.e. radiowaves)

I think it would be muddying the water here if one were to say 'hertzien' !!

But you'll need to check, as this is only a hunch, purely based on the meaning of the source text!

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Seems to corroborate, though the terms are not in direct collocation:

Frequences etalon et signaux horaires - QSL.net

https://qsl.net/f3wm/radio/freq_std.html

Frequences etalon et signaux horaires par radio. ... Fréquences étalon et signaux horaires radiodiffusés. ...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-02-28 16:03:16 GMT)
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Clearly, the meaning here in EN is that this is a 'standard' that comes 'off-air' — i.e. is 'broadcast'; there is nothing whatsoever that could be interpreted as a 'standard for broadcasting'

Note that it would be possible to add 'fréquence' as in my ref., but that would render 'standard frequency' (or 'frequency standard', with precisely the same meaning) — but IMHO this is unnecessary and amounts to over-interpretation, simply because the writer of the source text chose not to include 'frequency' — for the pretty obvious reason that it is totally clear from the immediate context.

Tony M
France
Local time: 19:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1453

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FX Fraipont (X): la fréquence utilisée pour étalonner le multimètre est radiodiffusée - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droitwich_Transmitting_Station
20 hrs
  -> Merci, F-X ! Oui, c'est une évidence :-)

agree  El Mehdi Hakkou
23 hrs
  -> Thanks, Latifa!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
étalon (norme) de radiodiffusion


Explanation:
ça me semble censé....

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Note added at 6 heures (2019-02-28 17:52:41 GMT)
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https://www.r-e-f.org/images/stories/Services/CEM/alerte-dis...

Dans ce lien, on a fréquence étalon. Mais comme le terme fréquence est cité juste après, c'est préférable d'éviter la redondance....

GILOU
France
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 2985

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agree  florence metzger
1 hr
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Reference comments


21 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: "enabling the transmission to be used as an off-air frequency standard."

Reference information:
The long-wave frequency used was 200 kilohertz (frequently referred to by the wavelength, 1,500 metres) until 1 February 1988[1] when it was changed to 198 kilohertz, and the power is currently 500 kilowatts. The carrier frequency is controlled by a rubidium atomic frequency standard in the transmitter building, enabling the transmission to be used as an off-air frequency standard. For long-wave, a T-aerial is used, which is suspended between two 213-metre-high (700 ft) guyed steel lattice radio masts, which stand 180 metres (590 ft) apart from each other. There are also two guyed mast radiators at the site, which are used for transmitting AM medium-wave radio programmes on 693 kilohertz, 1053 kilohertz and 1215 kilohertz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droitwich_Transmitting_Station

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 2126

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Tony M: Exactly! Ah good old Droitwich — an impressive sight as you drive past!
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