brass sounder

15:36 Oct 14, 2020
English to Polish translations [PRO]
Telecom(munications)
English term or phrase: brass sounder
wyrażenie pochodzi z książki Upstream poziom C2, str 8. Tekst jest o kodzie Morse'a.

Akapit brzmi tak:
Morse telegraphy may seem like a quaint anachronism, with its brass sounder and key operated by the world's most basic tool, the human finger. However, it is sometimes vital to worldwide communications. When the Mexico City earthquake 30 occurred in 1985 and all the power went off, calls for help were transmitted in Morse by an amateur radio operator. "We see the Morse code as a dying art, but we refuse to let it die completely," says Major General Leo M Childs, the US Army's Chief Signal Officer. "Newer isn't always better.

W słowniku Diki znalazłam info, że to sounder to część urządzenia do nadawania kodem Morse'a tzw "stukawka".
https://www.diki.pl/slownik-angielskiego?q=sounder

A brass sounder oznacza, że jest zrobiona z mosiądzu.

Czyli całość będzie brzmieć "mosiężna stukawka". Czy zgadzacie się z takim tłumaczeniem?
Dagmara Płócienniak
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2mosiężny aparat telegraficzny odbiorczy
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mosiężny aparat telegraficzny odbiorczy


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mosiężny aparat telegraficzny odbiorczy
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Description (Brief)

Telegraph sounders convert electrical pulses into audible sounds and are used to receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. Short pulses make a dot, slightly longer pulses make a dash. The sequence of dots and dashes represent letters and numbers. The pulses energize the sounder’s electromagnets which move a lever-arm. The arm makes a loud “click” when it strikes a crossbar and the operator translates the pattern of sounds into the original language. This sounder from Manhattan Electric Supply Company is rated at 150 Ohms resistance. That indicates the unit was intended for so-called "mainline" service over long distances.
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Physical Description
wood (overall material)
brass (overall material)
rubber (overall material)
https://www.si.edu/es/object/nmah_1367303

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