[GCARC] Radio Direction Finding Fun - Sunday 1pm (Spring Forward!)

[Jim Wright]

of course I meant Tomorrow, Sunday 3.9.2014    sorry for the typo


On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Jim Wright <jim.n2gxj at gmail.com> wrote:

> GCARC members,
> you are invited to participate in a radio location exercise for fun and
> training on Sunday 3/8/14 starting at 1pm.
>
> It is really quite fun and easy to do. Team up with your fellow hams and
> use your hand-held 2 meter radios to try and find the transmitter by
> homing-in on its signal.
> The closer you get, the stronger the signal.
>
> At 1pm, check in with me on the club's 2 meter repeater (147.180) so that
> I know who is hunting.
>
> Then I will turn on the hunt transmitter that operates on the nationally
> recognized fox hunt simplex frequency 146.565 Mhz (FM) for you to find.  It
> will alternate between voice messages and silence, being on the air / off
> the air every couple of minutes or so.
>
> I will be monitoring our repeater, and the hunt simplex frequency during
> the event.
> If any teams are still hunting by 2pm, I will call out better clues to
> help you narrow your search.
> If any teams are still hunting by 2:30pm, we'll walk you in to the
> transmitter's location.
>
> Gloucester County is a big place.  To help narrow your search area, here
> is a big clue.
> The transmitter will be in a public area east of route 55, south of an
> imaginary west-east line that cuts through Pitman, west of an imaginary
> line that cuts north-south through Williamstown, and north of an imaginary
> west-east line that cuts through Malaga.
>
> Spring forward! Have some radiosport fun with your club! Get out of the
> shack for an hour or so this weekend!
> Hope to see you in the hunt at 1pm tomorrow!
>
> Jim N2GXJ
>
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