[Lowfer] Lowfer TAG Frequency -- 185.302?

John Andrews w1tag at charter.net
Fri Oct 15 19:30:51 EDT 2021


All,

I'm planning to put TAG back on the air from Maine at the end of the 
month, to run over the winter, alone, cold and unattended. Last season, 
I had it up on 185.800 running WOLF, and got a few reports, including a 
number of unsuccessful tries. It was fun to monitor the signal from 130 
miles on a daily basis, noting the variations in SNR.

This winter, I'd like to move back to the "watering hole" near 185.300. 
My old 185.297 frequency is NG for copy at my MA home QTH, due to a 
neighbor's TV. Trying to avoid the other stations that might be on, I'm 
thinking about using 185.302 kHz. With the 10 MHz OCXO, the frequency 
would be very stable.

Does anyone see a conflict in this? My problem is in reprogramming the 
exciter -- this rig was not designed with my usual display and keypad, 
and I have to modify the assembly language code to move it. Worse yet, I 
will likely have to bring the rig home to MA next week to do the actual 
programming. So, once chosen, the frequency will be unchangeable for the 
winter.

John, W1TAG


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