From moon_valley at vom.com Tue Apr 21 09:50:38 2015 From: moon_valley at vom.com (Mike Miller) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:50:38 -0700 Subject: [FoxHunt] Hamfest w/foxhunt 4/25 In-Reply-To: <532C8AD0.7080706@hillworld.net> References: <532C8AD0.7080706@hillworld.net> Message-ID: <553655AE.5090208@vom.com> The Valley of the Moon Amateur Radio Club is hosting our annual Hamfest in Sonoma, CA Saturday, April 25. There will be a beginner's walking foxhunt. Two two meter fox transmitters will be hidden within 100 meters of the building. Antennas, attenuators and such will be available for loan, but please bring a two meter HT. The foxes are homebrew. One uses the CMOS controller from the book Transmitter Hunting, by K0OV and WB6UZZ, driving a crystal controlled transmitter board from a '70s ARRL Handbook. 1 or 1/8 watt. The other uses a TTL crystal oscillator with a harmonic falling in the two meter band. The oscillator's power is modulated by a voice keyer, re-purposed from a talking greeting card. <10mW. Additionally, there will be: * a pancake breakfast, with eggs and sausage (the club's annual fund raiser) * a Swap Meet with all kinds of new and used amateur radio equipment * a VE session where prospective hams can earn their license or current hams can upgrade * various Ham Rdio demonstrations. Come join the fun! VOMARC Hamfest flyer 73 Mike WB6TMH