[Lowfer] TAG on 185.298

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:52:09 -0800

When I get thrown out of Alaska remind me which state you guys are in - Ill 
invest in a lot of "protection" items before I leave (no sales tax). I had a 
look for TAG  beacon last night between breaks but conditions at night are 
very poor.  Which State again  Bill?
Laurence

>From: "Bill Ashlock" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] TAG on 185.298
>Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:39:11 -0400
>
>John,
>
>>TAG will be on 185.298 kHz for the weekend, a mere 1 Hz below NC. Format
>>will be QRSS30.
>
>Were you home for the big lightening attack at 6:00 last night?  I see TAG 
>is operating up to snuff over here, so that's a good thing.
>
>I got home at 6:30 and found the wallmount power supply had again been 
>zapped. Took only one regulator to get back in business, though. Joan 
>reported hearing 3 different SNAPS from the shack (breezeway) so I guess 
>the damage wasn't so bad, considering...... The 11:00 o'clock News featured 
>a number of houses that got stuck in the area.
>
>Later on the static from the storm was about the strongest I've heard. 
>There were times that your normally dog-bone signal was totally wiped out 
>for minutes at a time! Today the static is strong but not continuous and 
>you are putting in a nice audible signal in the parking lot here at work.
>
>One of the reasons for the trip to work is that when I took a look at you 
>signal it must have been so strong that it smoked the monitor! Seriously, 
>smoke began coming out of the top as soon as I connected the receiver to 
>the sound card. Found the one of the electrolytics in the power input stage 
>was actually on fire inside its jacket and it took about 5 min for the 
>smoke to clear after yanking the plug. Could have had a power surge during 
>last night's storm that damaged the cap.
>
>Bill
>
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