[Lowfer] TAG on 185.302 in NEW Mode!

[John Andrews]

After (choose one of the following):

1. Months of careful research in my well-equipped laboratory,
or
2. An hour of messing around,

I am pleased to announce the development of a new mode of Lowfer
communication. TAG is currently operating in that mode on 185.302 kHz. No
special decoder is required. Use Argo in the 30 sec/dot mode, and be sure to
have the range between 185.302 and 185.303 in view on the screen. No
knowledge of the International Morse Code is required, either. The skills
that you were taught in elementary school will be sufficient. Reception
reports, particularly with screen shots, would be appreciated. The guys in
the northeast are advised to back off on Argo's sensitivity if the signal
produces "dog bones," as they will detract from the pleasantness of the
viewing.

Since all new Lowfer modes have to be given an easily-remembered acronym, I
propose to dub this invention, "Font Assisted Radio Transmission." I am
therefore currently transmitting in FART30 mode.

I leave it to others to develop a sound-card method of generating this
signal. My present implementation of FART is with a DDS synthesizer and a
microcontroller programmed in assembly language. Much work remains to be
done. Twenty three letters, in fact.

John Andrews, W1TAG
TAG Status: http://webpages.charter.net/w1tag/