First Annual Tamiami Fox Hunt
Saturday, October 23 2021
EVENT CANCELLED
Check In 8:30 to 11 am
Classic Fox Hunt – 2 meters, 5 foxes, 5 km course, 3 hour time limit
Bring a box lunch…plenty of picnic tables available in nice park setting.
Use the button at left to pre-register for the fox hunt event. There is NO onsite registration allowed. Participants must be pre-registered by not later than October 10, 2021
CERTIFICATES FOR
FIRST – SECOND- THIRD
PLACE
EMBROIDERED HATS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
This is a classic, on foot, fox hunt event where participants must locate 5 low power 2 meter micro-fox transmitters along a 3 to 5 kilometer course in the shortest time. Awards are made for FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD place finishers in each participant category. This is not a “sanctioned” event; but classic fox hunt rules published in the ARRL “USA Rules for Amateur Radio Direction Finding” will be followed to the extent possible. <RULES>.
This event will be hosted at the T. Mabry Carlton Reserve, 1800 Mabry Carlton Parkway, Venice, Florida 34292
Participants must pre-register for the event.
Check in is from 8:30 am to 11 am.
Never did a fox hunt before? NO PROBLEM! It is easy to learn and the equipment required is very basic and inexpensive. In fact, you don’t even need an FCC license to participate since all you do is receive a signal from the fox!
TALK-IN &
EMERGENCY
W4AC Tamiami Amateur Radio Club
146.805 (-) PL 100 htz
Event is hosted by the Tamiami Amateur Radio Club, W4AC, Nokomis, FL.
Event Director: Paul Nienaber, KN4BAR, paul9aber@gmail.com