[HCRA] New Years Day Foxhunt Tomorrow

[Larry Krainson]

Here are the details. I hope to see you at the starting point!

Greetings Foxhunters,

Keeping with tradition, I will be hosting a Foxhunt on New Years Day at 1pm.

This hunt will be conducted in the same manner that we have previously
conducted live foxhunts.  The hunters will assemble at the  91 Ayers Road
in South Windsor, CT, home of the old Wapping Elementary School, be set up
and ready to start by 1pm.

The fox will take a roll call at 1pm on the BEARS repeater, 145.110 MHz, PL
tone is 77.0 Hz.

This hunt will be conducted using the repeater for all communication and
information sharing.  I encourage communication between participants and
any base stations that can supply helpful information to the hunters.  Once
you have spotted the fox you should stop all transmissions.  Pay attention,
if someone says they are going to check an area and you never hear from
them again, that might be a clue.

 Remember not to hunt the repeater output frequency as that will just lead
you to the repeater.  I will not be there.  You will want to listen on the
repeater input frequency, 144.510MHz.  That is the frequency the fox will
be transmitting on.

The fox will be located within 20 air miles of the starting point and not
within Hartford or Springfield.  The fox will be on publicly accessible
property that will not require anything other that a standard passenger car
for access.  The fox will host a "tailgate" party at the end of the hunt at
the "den".
If this is your first hunt, I would recommend riding along with someone who
has done this before.  Dress warmly as you will be outside at the end for
the party, the rest of the time you will be in and out of the car taking
bearings etc.

Experience has shown that hunters will start arriving in the den about 1
hour after the start.  The event has a two hour time limit not including
socializing in the den at the end.

Current information regarding this and other foxhunts in Connecticut are on
groups.io. If you are not already a group member, you may want to consider
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important foxhunt related news.

73,

Paul, N1TUP