[Physicist]

Take two lead spheres, each on the end of a single rod. Rotate radially about the center of mass, just like two equal mass planets orbiting about each other (kind of like a Woodward governor). The scale is smaller than planets but the rotation rate is much higher. The gravity signal would be of a frequency much higher than the background noise. To show it is a gravity wave, measure signal intensity as a function of distance.

Pick a reasonable mass, a radius and a frequency. Also describe your detector. I'll calculate a signal strength for you.

[Physicist]

I said: Pick a reasonable mass, a radius and a frequency. Also describe your detector. I'll calculate a signal strength for you.

I couldn't resist. Assume a bar of mass 1000 kg, one meter in length, rotating at 1000 Hz. An order-of-magnitude calculation for the gravitational radiation power output is 10^-19 erg/s. I don't care what kind of detector you have, you won't measure it. An electron volt is of order 10^-12 erg.