Fox hunt

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See the wikipedia artocle Amateur Radio Direction Finding

Contents 1 Rules 1.1 Rules for the Hounds 1.2 Rules for the fox 2 Fox hunting hardware 2.1 fox beacon 2.2 Receivers 2.3 active devices 2.4 Antennas 3 Fox hunting stories

[edit] Rules

• need a start and end time?

Start

11/21/08 5:30pm in room 456A

[edit] Rules for the Hounds

• Stay within the established perimeter
  • Gemini circle
  • Fox will be outside at all times
• 1 Hour time limit
• Confirm the fox verbally by asking "Are you the fox?"
• Code word to probe the fox.

[edit] Rules for the fox

• don't enter any buildings or disrupt activities
• don't cross traffic roads

[edit] Fox hunting hardware

[edit] fox beacon

• bionics piccon beacon (club now has one of these)

[edit] Receivers

• any HT
• Icom rc2 wide band receiver
• zap checker

[edit] active devices

• bionics dopler rangefinder requires additional parts
• N0GSG dopler DSP Radio Direction Finder (QST November 2002, pg 29)

[edit] Antennas

• Arrow foxhunting loop (expensive, see Antenna Book version)
• Tape measure yagi
• Small loop / faraday loops
• Variable attenuator
• handi finder

[edit] Fox hunting stories

• Wildlife radio telemetry on google
• Burrowing Owl project
• Bear hunt