[PPRAANet] Foxhunt Results

[JIMMY D HARRIS]

Hi folks,

Today, Saturday, July 29th, 2006, the July foxhunt was held beginning at 
1:00PM.  There were three teams participating.

1.  Ralph, KI0NK
2.  Fred, AB0ZK and Mike, KC0LNO
3.  Mike, K0MLA and Susan, KC0SYA

Team one had only competed in one previous foxhunt while team two had never 
competed.  We gave them a tutorial at the beginning and loaned team two a 
yagi antenna.  They apparently learned well as they finished in good time.

The winner was team three with 154 total points combining time and distance 
drove.  Team two was second with 189 combined points and finishing third was 
team one with 191 points.  The teams did well with the hunt and handling of 
clues along the way.  The club's foxhunt trophy "Foxy" will be presented to 
Mike and Susan at the next club's meeting as they had to depart before the 
hunt was finished.

Clues were an important part of this hunt.  They started with a clue of 
"Bill Gates" give during the announcement email the week prior to the hunt.  
The fox's transmission had the CW clue of MS.  These were to indicate by 
initials that the fox was located in Mountain Shadows.  In addition to the 
usual clues about compass directions from street locations there were clues 
during the hunt about potato chips and pita bread.  Combined they were to 
indicate the fox was at a location with "chipita" in the name.  It was 
actually located at Chipeta Elementary School.  Also, near the fox was two 
dummy foxes to add interest.  Further, the fox's polarization varied from 
different directions so that signal strength was not a reliable indicator of 
distance to the fox.  However, when used properly the varying polarization 
would have been an aide in direction finding.

Everyone participating agreed that it was an interesting hunt.  My thanks to 
those participating.

Jim, AB0UK