[Lowfer] TAG Lives!

[Bill Ashlock]

> TAG is back on the air, with the usual QRSS30 on 185.297 kHz. It must have 
> glitched off during a power dip, because I only had to power cycle the 
> transmitter, and it came right up.     John

Good news about TAG's return, John - and the resilience of that loop. My two 
signals from Ellsworth should also be visible at their normal frequencies. I 
found the control signal to the loop had become unplugged and that was the 
reason for the lack of the W. I also re-tuned the vertical so it should be 
up to normal power, save a few percent for the damp conditions up there. It 
rained every day upon my arrival on Wednesday! Sun actually came out this 
afternoon but the rain continued. (??)

Had the R-75 this time and I re-installed the tree antenna and checked out 
the 75M band tonight. 3910 KHz had a group of what must be one of the 
reasons for the negative talk about what Ham Radio has become. It was 
exactly like CB radio! Nothing technical; foul language, and over-concern 
about who had the strongest signal and who could "out-strap" the others - 
even though they were all Boston area stations blasting in at 40db over 9!

Bill