T-Hunt Alert!

Saturday 8/17 and Sunday 8/18 Escondido, CA

The Southwest Division ARRL Convention T-Hunts will offer something for everybody (including prizes!).

Saturday night’s hunt will start at 6:00PM. It will be a medium boundary hunt and will be timed (over at 8:00PM). Standard clearance passenger cars will have no problem with this hunt. There will be two transmitters, vertically polarized. The main T will have a 30 second duty cycle and be at least an S3 signal at the start point. The secondary T will be low power and sniffing will be required to locate it. Gather after the hunt at a local eatery to share food and beverage. Prizes for first and second place.

Sunday’s hunt will begin at 2:00PM. This hunt will be a mileage hunt that will end at 7:00PM. Once again, standard clearance passenger cars will have no problem with this hunt. This hunt will have multiple transmitters and various polarizations. Duty cycles may vary but there will be at least 15 seconds of signal from each T every minute. This hunt is intended to be a challenge.

Prizes will be awarded at the completion of this hunt.

If I get enough interest/RSVP’s I will host a BBQ at the final transmitter. Please RSVP to Tom Sneden, KE6VCR at 619/843-7550 or email ke6vcr@cox.net on or before Thursday 8/15 (sooner is better!).

Did I mention that there will be prizes for BOTH hunts

There will be T-Hunt video (courtesy of N6MI) running at the convention both days. Stop by and check it out. The four main convention prizes are 4 Yaesu FT-100D mobile rigs. Convention website: http://sd2002.hamcon.net/index.html

To be eligible to win a prize, you must be a registered attendee of the convention. Standard T-Hunt rules of engagement apply. Private roads and NO TRESPASSING signs must be obeyed.