[Lowfer] AMBC carriers

[John Andrews]

Dex,

I'm seeing the WSM "waveform" you reported, and agree with Ed that it's 
just due to a heater cycling. There's a much stronger carrier here at 
650.0093 Hz from a station near Boston that has a very limited signal at 
night.

John, W1TAG

On 2/27/2013 7:38 PM, ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:
> If you park on 650 WSM's frequency in the  evenings you should
> be able to hear the "Cuban Wobbler" also, whether you are  listening
> in CW or AM mode.
>
> The Cuban Wobbler appears to be a station  in Cuba on the same frequency
> that is running some kind of Eastern European  transmitter with
> a defective crystal or frequency generator.
>
> Mostly  it is within a few Hz of WSM and not noticeable then all of a
> sudden
> it  breaks into some kind of unstable wobble in frequency for a few minutes
> then  settles down again. I understand this has been going on for years.
> It almost  sounds like deliberate jamming but I don't think it is. The
> Cubans
> have made  no attempt to ever fix the problem.
>
> I think it is heard mainly in the  Southern states at night. A similar
> "Wobbler"
> carrier can be heard on top of  740 and 870 at night also.
>
> 73 - Todd WD4NGG
>
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