[Lowfer] TAG = WA

Jay Rusgrove [email protected]
Sun, 03 Feb 2002 21:11:32 -0500


WA & TAG

Here is a capture I grabbed a couple minutes ago. Plenty of distortion to be
sure, but signals levels about equal according to Argo! That's a pretty hefty
increase there John. You didn't install a wrong meter shunt by chance?

Jay Rusgrove, W1VD

John Andrews wrote:

> For those whose receivers would otherwise feel lonely during the Super Bowl,
> the new and improved TAG can keep them company, starting with an 1830 EST
> (2330 Z) kickoff. The frequency will be 185.302, just 2 Hz above fellow
> Pats' fan, WA. The format will be DFCW60, with the dash characters 0.2 Hz
> higher than the dots. The ID will be "TAG".
>
> The improvement should come from a new antenna, nicknamed the "LLL." It
> being a considerably larger version of its predecessor, the "LL," several
> versions of the name come to mind:
>
> Little Larger Loop
> Less Legal Loop
> Levenworth, Lower Level
>
> This is an antenna of Ashlockian derivation (as opposed to A Shlock Loop).
> It would even be called "environmentally friendly," were it not for the many
> yards of monofilament line still dangling from the trees.
>
> As always, reports will be welcomed.
>
> John Andrews, W1TAG
> Status: http://webpages.charter.net/w1tag/
>
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