The Key West SDR has been the spot where I usually hear the wobbler and sometimes it's pretty loud on that receiver.
Not so much on the others or here in Illinois.
Not so much on the others or here in Illinois.
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The Return of "The Wobbler???"
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Right now, in my studio, on the same radio I got the beeps, I have nothing but wobbler. There's a mixture of garbage underneath but it's unidentifiable. I'm totally lost as to what those beeps could have been.
Wobbler alive and well on 870 about three minutes ago, in Orange Park, FL.
It's loud as usual tonight on the Key West SDR.
I was listening tonight to the Key West SDR and I heard the Wobbler in full effect along with some occasional beeps and tones. Sounds like an old scratchy record. The beeps and tones could be some sort of navigational beacon or it could also be a part of the Wobbler from Cuba.
Why are Cuba trying to interfere on 870?
That's a mystery that the posters to the long thread have been trying to solve since its inception. Or don't you read beyond the most recent posts?
That seems like a more likely outcome.
They have 3 Reloj stations on 870 and one is malfunction. Not that Cuba hasn't done deliberate interference before when the still had the high power transmitters (they would still crank them up when Cuba was POed at the US about something) but I don't see it in this case. They don't care who they interfere with, they've always been POed that all US stations weren't directional away from Cuba, but it seems more of a malfunction
After about three weeks, I finally heard the wobbler again this morning. Another pre-dawn airport run (daughter returning to LAX). I left O'Hare just after 5am, and dialed up 870 on the car radio for a roughly 45-minute drive home. Mostly it was all WWL. Sometimes comp;r\etely in the clear, and somrtimes with the fluttering or pulsing quality that I've been hearing recently. But during three or four fades, the wobbler broke through. Sometimes quBy ite loudly (No beeps or other tones.)
By the time I got home, the sun was starting to come up, so I didn't continue DXing the channel.
By the time I got home, the sun was starting to come up, so I didn't continue DXing the channel.
I haven't heard it well in the Chicago area lately, but the last two nights it's been very strong on the Key West receiver.
In fact, last night I didn't even hear WWL, just the wobbler.
I been listening to the Key West SDR
The Jammer came on at 4:20pm PST
The Jammer came on at 4:20pm PST
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