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A Vintage Foxhunt, or … Two Hams in Crash Helmets

ne of our local ham radio clubs recently held a foxhunt. It all started when a guest speaker at a recent club meeting gave an interesting and enlightening program detailing methodology and technology required in the 21 century quest for the elusive radio-fox. In recent times, there has been a good deal of interest in the “radio sport” of foxhunting, also known as hidden transmitter hunting or radio direction finding. It seems that the interest has spawned more than a few magazine CQ ), as well as electronic gadgets to aid in the search for the RF-emitting (Latin for fox).

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