[Lowfer] Lowfer TAG?

[Douglas Williams]

I think it would be nice to have a third station in the Lowfer watering
hole. I'm pretty sure, given sufficient effort, I could probably dig up a
screenshot of a previous TAG reception here at my QTH.

D. KB4OER

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 2:16 PM John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net> wrote:

> I used to run Lowfer TAG from Raymond, ME over the winter, from the end
> of October through some point in May. A couple of years ago, I had to
> take the antenna down due to tree removal next to our cottage. I'm
> presently at the point where I could put up something like the original
> loop, but probably with #12ga wire instead of the old RG-8 (I do mean
> OLD, as that cable is 73 years OLD).
>
> TAG had been running on 185.297 kHz, with QRSS60. Looking at the beacon
> list, I see no problem, but want to be sure that there has been no
> observed activity there. The frequency is stable -- probably within
> 0.01Hz over the winter. TAG would be on the same screen used for viewing
> WM, SIW and SJ.
>
> Another choice would be to resurrect WOLF, and put the beacon on 185.500
> or 185.800 kHz. But I suspect there are few left who have any interest
> in that mode.
>
> Any comments before I proceed?
>
> John, W1TAG
>