I just received this from Joe Moell, K0OV. If anyone needs a ride down, you are welcome to ride with me. I will leave Santa Barbara some time close to 9:30 am and expect to get back into town about 7:00 pm. We usually get together for dinner with Joe and April after the hunts. Hmmmm, since this is the third Saturday of the month, The Fullerton T-Hunt will take place that night. Anyone interested in participating in both?
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The first southern California on-foot "foxhunt" of 2002 has just been scheduled:
Date: Saturday, February 16 Time: 12:30 to 3:30 PM Place: Hillcrest Park, Harbor and Valley View in Fullerton Talk-in (optional): 146.97(-) PL136.5
This two-meter direction-finding practice/demonstration is sponsored by the Fullerton Radio Club. All ages are welcome. There is no charge for participation. A ham radio license and/or knowledge of radio equipment is not required. Several models of domestic and imported hand-held RDF sets as well as commercial and home-built antennas will be available to view and try out. Basic equipment, such as hand-held receivers and "scanners," can also be successfully used. Free maps will be available, but since this event is in a relatively small area (40 acres), maps and compasses will not be a necessity.
ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding), also called foxhunting, foxtailing and radio-orienteering, is the most popular kind of transmitter hunting in Europe and Asia. It is quite similar to orienteering in that it takes place in the woods with orienteering cards, punches, controls, and maps. A typical course has 5 transmitters ("foxes") to be found. Each one operates for 1 minute and is then silent for 4 minutes, during which the other 4 transmitters take turns operating for 1 minute each
The hunt will begin in the Lower Picnic Area. The closest parking lot is just north of Valley View, midway between Harbor and Lemon.
Some radio-orienteering enthusiasts will be using this event as a training session for upcoming competitions, including the USA ARDF Championships in April and the World ARDF Championships in September.
For more information about ARDF, plus detailed directions to this event, go to http://www.homingin.com
Joe Moell K0OV USA ARDF Coordinator