Some local radio guys did a just-for-fun fox hunt out at a park yesterday. It was a lot of fun! My buddy brought his kids out for it. When he couldn't find the group of radio people, his kids were being a little fussy I guess, but then when he found us/me, they saw me pointing a big antenna around (just like the one their dad had just built), listening to a radio go "BEEP BOOP BEEP BOOP", they actually got excited and wanted to know more about it. We ended up finding all the "foxes" (AKA hidden transmitters in the trees and bushes) and walking all over the park. Definitely going to build my own 2M measuring tape yagi now! Maybe even figure out how to add a built-in attinuator.
Anyone else do the fox hunt thing?
The fox hunt thing isn't something I'm all that good at, but I do like watch others play the game though.
frustrating when just flying solo. I know i was right on top of one once, b for the life of me, I couldn't find it.
Hah! We definitely had that experience. We KNEW it was in this one bush, but it was the kids that could actually get in there and find it.
That's pretty awesome about the monthly thing! Wish someone did that around here. Do you know what kind of power the transmitters put out that the club uses?
I just had to dig through some facebook posts, but I think it's around 500mw. Anything more powerful than that makes it VERY hard to find the fox when you get nearby.
Here's a picutre that MikeMikeMike (WI9MMM) took before he hid it back in May
https://i.imgur.com/0q08tP5.png
What makes you say that? Also, what equipment were you working with? Did you have an S meter? Or an atinuator on the antenna?
If I want to play with interesting stuff in the local world I'd much rather play with the stuff in the 2.4 ghz and other bands where you can do computer networking type stuff with voip and other technologies.
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