***W3YXE*** UPDATED Information for UCWA FOXHUNT

[John Lis]

When: Sunday September 24, 2023 –  2 pm until 4 pm

Where: Erie County Townships: Greene, Amity and Venango, Union Township
(North of the centerline of US Route 6) and Union City Borough

The Fox:  Amateur Radio Station N3NKV

N3NKV (the Fox) will set up a station on publicly accessible land somewhere
in one of the locations listed above. The objective is to find N3NKV using
mobile radio simplex techniques in the allotted two hours.


Schedule of Events:

1:50 pm - N3NKV will take check-ins on the 146.70 repeater of event
participants.

2:00 pm - N3NKV will activate the fox hunt transmitter on the 146.550.

Status updates will be provided when a hunter finds the fox on the 146.70
repeater.

The Transmitter will be operating at a power of 5 Watts.

Participants will have 2 hours to find the transmitter.

After 2 hours (or less) the transmitter location will be revealed.

Afterwards, we will meet at the Union City McDonalds or other location to
discuss the day's hunt.

Note: Team participation is encouraged.

Note 2: it is encouraged that participants begin the event outside the
boundaries of the four townships