Some questions on German radio controls

[LukeFF]

These two sets of switches are part of the Fw 190 A-5 and A-6 radio controls. The first one features what is called a Frequency Selector Switch. I understand the lefthand switch is to control whether the Fw 190 is on a radio homing or plane-to-plane frequency, but what exactly is Pellr.?

 

 

The second one is a switch above the radio volume knob, which is marked with two options: Ziel and F.T. I know F.T. stands for Funktelefon and Ziel means "target", but what exactly does "target" mean in this context?

 

Edited February 7, 2021 by LukeFF

[Yogiflight]

15 hours ago, LukeFF said:

but what exactly is Pellr.?

As it looks, the paint between the line and the dot has flaked off, like inside the 'u' in 'Aus' above. It should be Peilr. for Peilrahmen.

[Yogiflight]

18 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Ziel means "target", but what exactly does "target" mean in this context?

Ziel does not only mean a target, you want to attack, but also the destination of a journey and in this case your flight. So it might have to do with the radio beacon. But this is just a guess.

[LukeFF]

3 hours ago, Yogiflight said:

As it looks, the paint between the line and the dot has flaked off, like inside the 'u' in 'Aus' above. It should be Peilr. for Peilrahmen.

 

Thank you so much! Now that makes much more sense.

[LukeFF]

3 hours ago, Yogiflight said:

Ziel does not only mean a target, you want to attack, but also the destination of a journey and in this case your flight. So it might have to do with the radio beacon. But this is just a guess.

 

Another thing that might be a possibility is that Ziel is some sort of listening mode, where the pilot is listening to a tone from a radio beacon or some other sort of homing station (it was certainly a feature of American radio sets). So then, if he wanted to transmit a message, he would move that switch to FT., and then on the other box move the switch from Nav. to FT. For radio homing with the AFN device, he would then need to set the first switch to Nav. and ensure that the DF loop switch was set to Ein., at the least.

[Yogiflight]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

where the pilot is listening to a tone from a radio beacon or some other sort of homing station

This was something that came to my mind, too. To differentiate the different signals from various beacons. But I have no knowledge about how that stuff really worked back then, so a wild guess is everything I can give.