• SFARC runs monthly Fox Hunts where members hone skills in locating hidden transmitters. Fox Hunting skills are not only fun but may be useful in situations where a transmitter needs to be located (e.g. search & rescue or tracking down interference).

  Fox Hunts are a fun outdoor activity. Regional hunts may involve driving around and taking bearings with a Yagi to triangulate on a hidden transmitter. Low-power hunts may involve walking through parks  & neighborhoods to find one or more hidden transmitters. Fox hunt equipment ranges from simple TOA (time of arrival) devices, yagi antennas, and or doppler techniques.

  

  DON’T HAVE EQUIPMENT?
  SFARC has equipment for anyone to borrow > CLICK HERE

  DON’T HAVE A LICENSE?
  An amateur radio license is not required to participate in a Fox Hunt.

  For more information, contact Fox Hunt coordinators Greydon (KC6SLE) or Doug (W2VX) using the form below.
  Guidelines and Fox Hunt Files can be found below.

• January 2026 Fox Hunt

  The next SFARC Fox Hunt will be the last Saturday of the month, January 31.  The last Saturday of each month is also the monthly club breakfast starting at 7:30 AM.  The January club breakfast will be at Mel’s Dinner in Auburn.

  The Fox Hunt will start following the club breakfast at 9 AM for the pre-meeting in Mel’s parking lot and 9:30 AM for the start of the Hunt.  The Hunt will end at 11:30 AM and be followed by a debrief at Burgers and Cream in Auburn.

  I will be the Fox Tender for January.   The Fox will be hidden within the boundaries of the City of Auburn.   Further details such as transmitter frequency, transmitter power, Fox Tender call in frequency, etc. will be provided at the Hunt pre-meeting.

  I am proposing we should start an annual Fox Hunter of the Year Championship with points earned each month for the position each hunter finishes each monthly Fox Hunt.  We can award the eleven-month championship at the club’s end of year Holiday dinner.  To encourage more hunters to also be Fox Tenders, being the Fox tender on any time within the 11-month championship automatically awards the Tender one month’s max points. However, you can only get these points one time, not multiple time, regardless of how many times you are the Tender.

  Let me know what you think of this idea for a Fox Hunter of the Year Championship.

  73

  Greydon KC6SLE

   

   

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