[Hallicrafters] wobbulator/gonkulator

[nv4t]

Also used to describe the "modulator" used
on the APN-1 radar altimeter!

 Bill NV4T, showing my age!----- Original Message -----
From: <Normiehall at aol.com>
To: <wlhoward at gte.net>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <dfischer at usol.com>; <tbryan at nova.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] wobbulator/gonkulator


> In a message dated 06/11/2002 12:48:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> wlhoward at gte.net writes:
>
>
> > Mindy Rosewitz at Fort Monmuth and I have been discussing strange radio
> > items.
> > Has anyone ever heard of a wobulator?
> >
> > Bill Howard
> >
>
> Sure, that was a term used for a sweep generator used to align RF
circuits,
> particularly for TV & FM.  I think the name derived from the use of a
> mechanically coupled capacitance which was varied by a sine wave applied
to a
> speaker which "wobbulated" the frequency of the RF oscillator.
>
> (Unless my memory is clouded on this subject after 40 or more years!)
>
> 73,
>
> Norm Hall, W6JOD
>
>
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