Re: [IRCA] Wobbler searching

["Steve Ratzlaff" <steveratz@xxxxxxxx>]

I've been sitting on 1100 all evening while doing other things, noting when 
the Wobbler fades up. It was strong here back at 0200 utc, then became 
weaker after 0300. I took a break, and am back checking 1100. Right now, 
from 0451 to present, 0513 utc, the wobbler is medium strong once again.
KNZZ is the dominant station here, with my E/W longwire, with KFAX next 
dominant. WTAM was good at periodic fadeups earlier with a basketball game. 
KNZZ is not "loud" but dominant. But the Wobbler easily cuts through it all 
on its better fadeups.
My particular radio, AR7030, gets the Wobbler just fine with no off-tuning, 
in either USB  or LSB mode. Last night I used LSB but tonight USB seems to 
have less adjacent channel splatter. Your particular radio may need some 
offtuning in SSB mode; Curt has mentioned this. Whatever, after hearing 
Curt's audio clips to hear how the Wobbler sounds, it's worth it to try to 
hear it for yourself! It's really impressive when it fades up to be heard. 
Maybe your location has the dominant station at too high a level for the 
Wobbler to be heard, I don't know.
I just tried my other radios in the stack--they all hear the Wobbler equally 
well, in SSB mode. R8B, either 4 or 2.3 filter; 746Pro, no offtuning--tuned 
to 1100.00 in SSB mode.
I'm no Wobbler expert, of course, having only heard it last night and 
tonight, but it doesn't appear to take any special settings to hear it other 
than using SSB mode.
Good luck!
Steve
NE Oregon
AR7030, E/W longwire for the wobbler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Pifer - KE6GMM" <oregon4wd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Wobbler searching


> All,
> If your searching for the wobbler, do indeed check out Curt's audio files.
> I'm regularly hearing oscillating hets (or something) that slowly vary in
> frequency, but it's not the wobbler. That sound sure is funny. I've been
> trying to think of how it's done. Could be some guy swinging a piece of 
> thin
> sheet metal back and forth into a mike, hi. It's fast, but it varies. Or,
> maybe he's scratching a record album?, it's just nuts.
>
> BTW, the oscillating hets I mentioned above are when my loop is configured
> NW/SE. The oscillation stops with the heading is N/S.
>
> No luck with it so far this evening.
> 73- Doug
>
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