Our first fox hunt at Ida Lee Park was awesome. With temperatures in the 70s we got our steps for the day in while hardly breaking a sweat.
Three foxes were deployed, but one wasn’t transmitting (turns out it was most likely operator error who turned the switch off vs. on).
5 club members participated:
- Steve KS1G
- Ron KQ4IBI
- Mike KO4ANI
- Bryce KC6T
- Steve N4RAF
After a brief intro, the fox hunters started hunting. One hunter was able to locate the 2 foxes in about 20 minutes. The other hunters took a bit longer.
Some lessons:
- Turn on da fox
- Make sure the frequencies sent out match the foxes
- Rocks really do block RF
- Mixing up deployment formats keeps the hunters on their toes – one in an ammo can, another a small pouch in a tall patch of grass and the inactive one up in a tree
- Make sure your radio is on the right frequency for the fox you are hunting
- Antennas on the foxes make a difference in how well hunters can receive them both on primary freq and 3rd harmonic
- Turn the power up on the foxes
Thanks all for coming out and enjoying the morning. We’ll be scheduling another one in late Oct / Early Nov.