[FoxHunt] Hunts.

[WBob]

Marvin..I am getting old. Not only couldn't I think of your name 
or call I couldn't recall anything but Santa Barbra. Of course my 
computer was no help as I hadn't  bookmarked Pelican2 or your name.

Bob, WB6JPI

Marvin Johnston wrote:
> 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.
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