SBARC ARDF Hunt Saturday, November 10, 2001
This 2 Meter event took place at Lake Los Carneros (about 6 miles north of Santa Barbara, CA) and was run using our newly finished Orienteering map for the park. If the course was run on the shortest path, the total distance was about 2.4 Km (1.5 miles) long. The course was set up with the first two transmitters fairly close together with longer runs required for the last three transmitters. The approximate distances were:
Start to #2 - 200 Meters #2 to #1 - 250 Meters #1 to #4 - 500 Meters #4 to #3 - 550 Meters #3 to #5 - 750 Meters #5 to Finish - 150 Meters
The results were:
Sergei Zarubin 32 Minutes 5 Transmitters, Advanced Jay Hennigan, WB6RDV 48 Minutes 5 Transmitters, Advanced Scott Moore, KF6IKO 68 Minutes 3 Transmitters, Advanced Dick Dabney, W5UFZ 131 Minutes 1 Transmitter, Advanced David & Karen 150 Minutes 0 Transmitters, Beginner
Sergei, from the Ukraine, came to the US to participate in the US ARDF Championships that were held last August in Albuquerque, NM where he took first and second in the 80M and 2M competitions. Jay is a well known t-hunter in the Santa Barbara area and this was his first ARDF event. Scott also participated in the Albuquerque Championships where he took second place in the 80M competition. Dick, from Albuquerque, was out visiting his family and came up to participate. David and Karens came up from San Diego and this was their first ARDF event.
We had one 80 Meter transmitter up and running, but it failed before anyone had a chance to go after it.
After the event, we enjoyed one of our Santa Barbara Style Tri-tip BBQs. Many thanks to Daryl (KF6DI) and Dennis (WB6OBB) for helping out at the start and finish, and to Frank and Karen Caplan for preparing and cooking the Tri-tip BBQ!
Marvin Johnston, KE6HTS