The next southern California on-foot direction finding practice/demonstration session will be Saturday, October 28 from 11 AM to 4 PM at Tri-City Park in Placentia. It is sponsored by David Corsiglia WA6TWF and the SuperSystem UHF Amateur Radio repeater network. All ages are welcome. A ham radio license and/or knowledge of radio equipment is not required. This is a "welcome home" event for members of ARDF Team USA, following its participation in the ARDF World Championships in China from October 13-18.
The festivities begin at 11 AM with a hamburger barbecue and potluck. Cost is $3 for hamburger or hotdog plus soft drink and paperware. If possible, please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Transmitter hunts will follow the potluck.
The hunts will be informal, with practice transmitters on the two meter (146 MHz), 70 centimeter (445 MHz) and 80 meter (3.5 MHz) bands. Experienced ARDFers will be present to help you get started. There is no charge for participation in the hunts.
If you have them, bring a handi-talkie, receiver, or scanner covering the two-meter band for each person who will be going ARDFing. If you have directional antennas, attenuators, or other on-foot RDF equipment, be sure to bring it too. Make sure all batteries are fresh. For those with no radio gear, few extra ARDF receiver/antenna sets will be available.
Tri-City Park entrance is at the corner of North Kraemer Boulevard and East Golden Avenue in Placentia. The park is just southeast of the Imperial Golf Course. Maps to the site are at the Homing In Web site, URL below. The barbecue and hunt start will be in picnic areas 5 and 6, which are at the south end of the lake. Look for the orange and white Orienteering flags and signs. Parking is free, but empty spaces near the picnic site may be difficult to find if the park is crowded, so consider carpooling.
Call K-zero-O-V on K6QEH/R, 146.97(-) PL 136.5 for talk-in. On the 70 cm band, call on 446.000 simplex.
Joe Moell K0OV USA ARDF Coordinator http://www.homingin.com