Hi all,
Yesterday at the ARDF practice we held at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, I met a lady who is a newcomer to ARDF. She is interested in competing in Kazakhstan next year at the World ARDF Championships, and will need a lot more training to get to that level.
After she assured me she was very interested in learning more, I agreed to put on another training at Lake Los Carnaros to help get her ready to compete internationally.
She is open as to dates, but it will be one of the early Saturdays in December.
My current plan is to put on a short FoxOring course (maybe a mile, 5-6 transmitters) to give her some practice on 80M. ForOring is a combination of classic point-to-point orienteering coupled with 80m direction finding using very low power oscillators as transmitters with a short (10") antenna.
Additionally, I'll plan on putting on a regular 2M five transmitter hunt as she needs practice and training on direction finding strategies.
Before I finalize the date, is there anyone who would like to attend and has a date preference? It will start around 10AM or so and end when we get done (guessing 3PM or so.) We will end at Cody's after transmitter pickup for an early dinner and discussion about the event.
I hope to have the date finalized in the next couple of days, and then it will be publicized on the HomingIn.com website.
Thanks!
Marvin, KE6HTS
P.S. - Not a pitch per se, but i wrote a very short guide on how to take 2M bearings. It is very basic and meant for newcomers and beginners to transmitter hunting. It is available on the Amazon Kindle store... just search on Amazon for my callsign or name to find it. The cost is $0.99, the lowest that can be charged on the kindle platform. If you don't have a Kindle, there is also a cloud reader as well as reader applications for both the PC and MAC available for free download on the Amazon site. If you are past the beginner stage, it will probably be a waste of your time.