*************** The ARRL Letter Vol. 20, No. 44 November 2, 2001 ***************

==>GEORGIA TO HOST 2002 USA ARDF/RADIO-ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS

ARRL Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) Coordinator Joe Moell, K0OV, has announced that the Georgia Orienteering Club will host the second USA ARDF/Radio-Orienteering Championships. The event will take place April 19-21, 2002, at F. D. Roosevelt State Park near Pine Mountain.

The USA ARDF/Radio-Orienteering Championships are open to all, from beginners to experts from the US and elsewhere, and no Amateur Radio license is needed to compete. The 2002 competition will feature 2-meter and 80-meter ARDF events. Participants will compete in age/gender categories with awards given for first, second and third-place finishes in each. Awards will be presented in two divisions, Overall and USA-Only.

Details, including rules and registration forms, are on the Georgia Orienteering Web site, http://www.mindspring.com/~sam.smith/gaoc. Click on the "Radio-O Champs" link (under Special Events). The GAOC site includes information on lodging options.

The next ARDF World Championships in fall 2002 will be held in Slovakia, and positions on Team USA for that event will be determined by individual performances at Pine Mountain and at the USA Championships in Albuquerque that were held this past August (see "The 2001 USA ARDF Championships are a Winner!" http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2001/08/24/1/?).

For additional information on Amateur Radio direction finding, visit Joe Moell's Homing In Web site, http://www.homingin.com/.--Joe Moell, K0OV