[Lowfer] TAG almost making it to TN

[Garry Hess]

Doug, I don't see a frequency scale on your attachment but assume the 
traces in question are at 185.297 kHz. That's where TAG is and it's very 
stable. The other station I know that's active around the watering hole 
is WMS. Think it's around 185.301-2 kHz. I looked last night too since 
SIW was down at 185.185 kHz but only saw something very weak consistent 
with WMS's frequency.

The last two years I've first decoded TAG running Wolf Oct 4, 2010 and 
Oct 6, 2011. I didn't look that often so a September decode might have 
been possible. But running QRSS30 I haven't even detected traces yet. 
That illustrates the great sensitivity of the Wolf mode.

Conditions still have a way to go to reach SNR peak but pre-sunrise Long 
Beach Navtex on 518 kHz was quite good here, and quite "talkative" - 13 
messages were sent after the long weather broadcast. The new 
transmission schedule for US stations makes reception of Bermuda much 
easier now. Also, if/when the Wiarton, ON station has little to send the 
Curacao station has come through a couple of times at the tail end.
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73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL