Every weekend, in cities and towns all across the country, ham radio operators gather on hilltops for a very special kind of contest–the Fox Hunt. A small, low power transmitter is hidden and the rest of the crew tries to find it. Sound simple? It can be very challenging and a whole lot of fun. …
To be a fox hunter only requires a directional antenna, a hand held receiver, and a method of attenuating the foxes radio signal when you are very close to the transmitter’s location to allow that critical last few feet of direction finding ability. The following links provide information about building or buying these fox hunting …