Hi everyone!
Just a reminder that next weekend on Saturday, June 21st, we will be having an informal ARDF (Amateur Radion Direction Finding and sometimes called Radio-Orienteering) practice. The location will be at Lake Los Carneros Park in Goleta, CA. The 2M hunt will begin at 9:00AM, will be around 3 - 3.5 Km in length, and I expect the winning time to be about 35 minutes. We will have standard 1:5000, full color orienteering maps available. I plan on being at the registration area about 8:30AM.
The start times will be 5 minutes apart with each competitor starting when transmitter #1 first goes on as is standard in Championship events. There will be a starting chute to keep everyone starting out in the same direction. The start times for those people who just want to give it a try without being timed will be just after the last timed start. Right now, I would guess that would be sometime after 9:40AM. Standard orienteering punches will be used, and the transmitters will be identified with the standard Orance and White control flag.
There are quite a few foxtails in the park, and gators might be advisable.
For those of you who might just like an armchair idea of what this is all about, take a look at http://www.rain.org/~marvin. I copied this description from the web about 5 years or so ago. I have not been able to find the original author.
Since this is an informal meet, there are no entry fees. However if you are planning on attending, please let me know. A map and directions can be found on the HomingIn web site at http://www.homingin.com.
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