[FoxHunt] Hunts.

[Marvin Johnston]

WBob wrote:
> 
> I have 4 micro-Ts made by:
> WA6??? but he is a close friend of Bob Simmons who is Pelican2 who
> makes the squawkbox:
> http://www.silcom.com/~pelican2/SQUAWK_BOX.htm.

Actually KE6HTS, but minor details :). Bob is the person who designed
both the Microtransmitters and the Squawkbox transmitters.

The Scout-O-Rama was held last weekend in Long Beach at one of the local
parks, and we set out 3 of the Squawkbox transmitters and 3 of the
Microtransmitters (all putting out around 50 mW or so into a dipole or
rubber ducky antenna.) The Microtransmitters were set out in standard
ARDF fashion, i.e. one minute on/two minutes off, and they transmitted
in sequence. We went out with the Scouts, and they used our DF gear; a
Ukrainian built unit, the Austrailian units, one person used body
shielding, and another person used the beam antenna and offset
attenuator with their HT. The area was about the size of a football
field with a number of trees and bushes spread around. It started out
rather slow, but once a few scouts tried it, the flow increased and we
were busy the rest of the day.

One thing I did was to use the voice transmitters for training, and the
ARDF transmitters as a "final exam." The ARDF transmitters were about
about 100 yards apart and the object was to find all three transmitters
within 3 minutes. This added a challenge to the event, and everyone had
a good time.

The transmitter hunting portion of the Amateur Radio display was
organized by Joe Moell who did a great job of getting us all together!
The people helping with the training also included Tom Curley, Richard
Thompson, Jay Thompson, and myself.