[PPRAANet] Fox Hunt Tomorrow!

[Stephen Leander]

All -

 

The fox hunt is on for tomorrow - Here are some of the final details.

 

Start point will be in the Steaksmith parking lot at Maizeland Road and N.
Academy Blvd. Please arrive early (12:30 or so) as we would like to kick
this off at 1pm.  I will record everyone's mileage, and the sore will be
your mileage + the time, with the lowest score winning.  Really, this is
supposed to be fun so we can handle it any way we want - I just want it to
be safe!

 

 I have secured use of the PPFMA 146.970 and 448.450 (linked, tone 100Hz)
machines as the coordination frequency which will allow hunters with both
70cm and 2M radios to ask questions. If an emergency arises that requires
the use of these machines, we will move to the W0MOG repeater on 448.600.

 

If there are any questions I can be reached at 719-357-8827!  See you
tomorrow and good luck!

 

Steve

KV6O

 

From: Stephen Leander [mailto:kv6o at kv6o.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:41 PM
To: 'ppraanet at mailman.qth.net'
Subject: 

 

At the last meeting I offered to get a Fox Hunt going as there hasn't been
one in a while.  I was pretty active in T-Hunts (what we called them) when I
lived in Southern California, the club I was most active in (South Orange
Amateur Radio Association or SOARA) hosted their hunt on the first Sunday of
every month.  Other clubs hosted them weekly - and some were pretty
challenging.  Here's a link to their T-hunt page for some interesting
reading: http://www.soara.org/T-hunt.htm.

 

I am not sure how hunts were run here - I'll throw out some ground rules
here and if we need to change them to accommodate how things have been done
here in the past that's fine.  Here is what I propose:

 

Date and time:                  Sunday, April 11th @ 1pm (since the first
Sunday is Easter!)

Where (start point):       TBD (but inside the box described below)

Fox frequency:                 146.565 (National T-Hunt frequency)

Coordination Freq:          448.600 MHz (-), 114.8Hz tone - W0MOG repeater

Hunt Parameters:            Located between I-25 and Powers Blvd., with a
northern boundary of Woodman Road and a southern boundary of 24
(MLK/Fountain Blvd.). 

 

 

I attached a Google Earth file that shows the area shaded (Google Earth must
be installed to view this). The fox will transmit a series of tones for
about 30 seconds, followed by "KV6O/T1" in CW, then it will be off the air
for 15 seconds of so. This will repeat until the hunt is over. It will be
running about 1W into a vertical antenna - no beams of trickery this time!

 

I was thinking of meeting somewhere around N. Carefree and Academy - pretty
close to the middle of the "box" and record everyone's mileage - lowest
mileage wins.  Or we could do a "First to Find" it wins, with no start point
- you pick a spot and the Fox will come on the air at 1pm.  Suggestions
welcome!

 

Lastly, I can host a mini hunt on Easter afternoon if anyone is interested -
an on-foot hunt in Memorial Park perhaps?  Something within 500-1000 feet or
so to get familiar with your gear/technique. The Fox would be a Bunny I
guess!

 

Looking forward to getting this going again!

 

Steve

KV6O