[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Second Alexandria Foxhunt, Saturday 9 AM, June 18, 2011.

[timo_53 at juno.com]

Foxhunt to begin at 9 AM today.  
Coordination on Alexandria repeater 147.315 + (107.2 PL)
See you there.




On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:39:35 -0400 timo_53 at juno.com writes:
> Second Alexandria Foxhunt, Saturday 9 AM, June 18, 2011.
> 
> A foxhunt is a radio direction finding event.  We will have one 
> person go
> to a random location in the City of Alexandria and transmit a 
> signal. 
> Teams with direction finding equipment will attempt to locate the
> transmitter.  The "fox" will park their vehicle someplace in the 
> City of
> Alexandria and transmit with a mobile radio for one minute every 
> five
> minutes (one minute ON, four minutes OFF) on 146.490 simplex 
> starting at
> 9 AM. The fox may not relocate to another location.
> 
> We need several mobile direction finding teams.  Doppler DF units
> preferred.  We also need people at home stations with 2m beam 
> antennas
> that can provide bearings to the fox.  Unlike a real transmitter 
> hunt,
> this one has some advance notice to prepare. 
> 
> Positive replies only.  This is not a pedestrian event in a park.  
> This
> is a county wide mobile foxhunt.  This event is open to all 
> interested
> amateur radio operators.  If you can't make this one, more foxhunts 
> will
> be announced during the year.
> 
> 
> Thanks 
> Tim KT4MV
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