[ARDF] Propose the next MMRA foxhunt be Saturday morning October 24

[Kevin Paetzold]

Dick:  thanks for organizing this hunt.  i will put notice up on the website
etc... later this weekend.  unfortunately i have a prior commitment and will
be unable to participate myself.

by the way, the mmra repeater in Quincy (146.670) has been experiencing
regular/periodic interference on its input from what sounds like one of the
buzz buzz cordless phone chargers (which we are too familiar with),.  Some
of us have been discussing a coordinated fioxhunt effort for the source
sometime in the next couple months.  Stay tuned for more details ion this.

73,

Kevin (K1KWP)

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Dick MacPherson <demacp at gmail.com> wrote:

> To all,
>
> The last hunt was on September 19 and being the first to find the fox would
> like to propose that the next hunt be held on Saturday morning October 24.
> To vary the search area would like to move to The Burlington Repeater on
> 146.715.
> The boundary will still be a 10 mile radius except from the Burlington
> Repeater Site.
> The fox transmissions will be clear through the repeater (on the 146.715
> repeater output, though the fox will be transmitting on 146.115 MHz).
>
> If MMRA will publicize this on the MMRA.org web page, the "fox" will hide
> Saturday morning (October 24th) and start transmissions at 10 AM.
> Fox transmissions will be 30 seconds long each, and will occur every five
> minutes (10:00am, 10:05am, 10:10am, etc.).
>
> The fox will be in a  location where the public is obviously welcome.
>  There will be no need to trespass to find the fox.
>
> The hunt will last until 12, unless found by all hunters. Will continue
> after 12 if needed and hunters are still out looking.
> Anyone who wants hints after 12:00 noon should ask for them (on the
> repeater).
>
> As in previous hunts and if there is an interest we will all go get lunch
> together.
>
> Would also like to thank the MMRA for hosting these hunts. In addition, the
> invitation to other clubs has been well recieved. These have been fun events
> and great opportunity for various clubs members to met a few new faces.
>
> Will send another e-mail out the middle of next week to confirm the hunt is
> on.
> Any questions let me know.
>
> Dick MacPherson
> WB1W
> wb1w at arrl.net
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