[ARDF] Growing ARDF, was Re: Fun and Frustration

[AI4EJ]

Marvin-

If you're looking for an online ARDF demo/training tool, I've come across a neat one by Hans Sundgren, SM5SVM, at: 

http://www.pejla.se/ardf_games.htm

There is also a new ARDF book by the RSGB, that the ARRL is carrying in their store. (http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=0131)


Personally, I would like to get involved in ARDF, but so far haven't found any on-foot ARDF in the Orlando FL area. (If there's any, please let me know!)

Allbest,

Ricardo
ai4ej

 


--- On Tue, 9/22/09, Marvin Johnston <marvin at west.net> wrote:

> From: Marvin Johnston <marvin at west.net>
> Subject: [ARDF] Growing ARDF, was Re:  Fun and Frustration
> To: "ARDF" <ardf at kkn.net>
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 11:52 AM
> 
> Many thanks to those of you who posted your thoughts; there
> were a lot 
> of good points brought up! To get new people involved (and
> people to 
> return as well) in ARDF, we need to have an idea of why we
> are not 
> getting more success, hence the question.
> 
> I'm not sure what the optimum time is to have events, but
> monthly seems 
> to be the minimum where at least some people stay
> involved.
> 
> Something that has been on my mind for a while now is to
> create an 
> online training program that could serve as an introduction
> to ARDF (and 
> other types of transmitter hunting as well.) This would
> also serve as a 
> way to get people involved on a more regular basis where
> physically 
> meeting is impractical.
> 
> One thing I see over and over, especially with young kids,
> is the 
> inability to recognize the sounds of when the 2M antenna is
> pointing 
> towards or away from the transmitter. Let's not even go
> into 
> reflections, or airplane flutter, or ??? ... yet :).
> 
> The one video I am still really impressed with is the one
> done at the 
> N.C. US ARDF Championships by Gary Pierce with the video
> microphone put 
> into the headset. This allowed the actual sound of what we
> are searching 
> for to come through the audio.
> 
> Another useful demonstration was at the 1999 Dayton
> Hamvention where Joe 
> Legio, WB2HOL, demonstrated antenna polarization with his
> Tape Measure 
> Beam and whoopie mode receiver.
> 
> And I still remember the conversation with Jiri Marichek
> (sp?) from the 
> Czech Republic where he and his team would work each
> weekend developing 
> kids to participate in orienteering and ARDF.
> 
> These types of things could be put onto video and offered
> as a training 
> course. Topics I've thought about include the basics of
> ARDF, putting on 
> an ARDF event, and training exercises along with a long
> list of others.
> 
> What questions/skills do you think would be important to
> include in such 
> a training?
> 
> 
> 
> On the topic of growing ARDF, I noticed from an earlier
> post that Vadim 
> is putting on weekend hunts:
> 
> **********
> 
> I am not sure if everyone knows, we have active on-foot
> ardf fox hunts
> almost every weekend in Boston area.
> 
> Visit website for more imformation www.bostonardf.org and
> register if
> you are interested.
> 
> 73!
> 
> Vadim
> KB1RLI
> 
> **********
> 
> I'm rather excite to hear about that and I'll be VERY
> interested to see 
> the results!
> 
> Marvin, KE6HTS
> 
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