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[R. Simmons]

Joe...

 Those races look suitable for someone considerably more athletic than me...
more like orienteering or geo-cacheing... very intense, but looks like a lot
of fun.

 Thanks for the comments about the MicroHunts, they have worked out very
well, and balloon flights are an ideal platform for them, since they are so
small and lightweight... I think Bill Brown got the first ones for balloons,
( he got a SquawkBox also ) and he was very pleased with them. They are used
as backup homing transmitters, in case the main radio fails, ( which has
happened more than once ) but they also are excellent beacon TX's.

 Marv Johnston KE6HTS also makes MicroHunts, ( we collaborated to create
them ) I defer the ARDF and orienteering customers to him, since he has put
a LOT of work into those activities and sports. He now has a modest website
:

  http://www.rain.org/~marvin/

 He sells the MicroHunt as well as some Yagis, offset attenuators and 80 M
recievers for orienteering and ARDF activities. His e-mail is
marvin at rain.org  If he can't take care of your MicroHunt needs, come back to
me.. he is usually very busy, but he should ( by rights ) get the first
chance to make some of them for you.

 My website is here :

http://www.silcom.com/~pelican2/PicoDopp/PICODOPP.htm

Transmitters are here :

http://www.silcom.com/~pelican2/PicoDopp/MICROHUNT.htm


 This is getting rather "commercial", probably further dialogue should
continue "off forum"... my e-mail address is pelican2 at silcom.com

 Horizon distance in nautical miles = 1.17 x square root of altitude in
feet, so even a thousand feet of altitude ( with a tethered balloon or even
a kite, or a local hilltop or peak ) can go a long ways...

Bob S.