[Hallicrafters] wobbulator/gonkulator

[Misic, George J.]

Bill,

Absolutely!  Many years ago, I had a WWII vintage UHF sweep signal generator
that used a device called a "Wobulator" to move a plunger [variable
capacitor] in and out of a pair of tuned lines used in an oscillator.  This
swept the frequency over the required range to allow alignment over a range
of frequencies.

I heard the term "Gonkulator" used by an engineering team from Analog
Devices who were designing an amplifier to operate over the range of 5 to 85
MHz for multinuclear MRI equipment; the Gonkulator was the name that they
gave to the wide range tuned output circuit that they had on their 15 KW
[peak, 5% duty cycle] amplifier prototype design.  I don't know if they ever
actually built one.

George KE8RN

-----Original Message-----
From: William L Howard [mailto:wlhoward at gte.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:39 PM
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Subject: [Hallicrafters] wobbulator/gonkulator


Subject: wobbulator/gonkulator


> soooooooooooo ..........gonkulator is a real thing,,,,,,,,so
.........wobbulator is a real thing too???????????????
Mindy

Mindy Rosewitz at Fort Monmuth and I have been discussing strange radio
items.
Has anyone ever heard of a wobulator?

Bill Howard

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