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.
SFARC August 2024 Fox Hunt / First Place Winners, Raymond and Evan Prout! D
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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.
October 2025 Fox Hunt
The monthly SFARC Fox Hunt is normally the last Saturday of each month, immediately following the SFARC monthly breakfast which is also the last Saturday of each month.
For this month the SFARC monthly breakfast and Fox Hunt will be the last Saturday of the month, October 25. The breakfast starts 7:30 AM at Mel’s Diner in Auburn. The Fox Hunt starts, following the breakfast, at 9:30 AM in the parking lot of Mel’s diner. There will be a Fox Hunt pre-meeting in Mel’s parking lot at 9:00 AM.
Details on the Fox Hunt such as transmitter frequency, general boundaries, talk in frequency, post Hunt meeting location, etc., will be provided at the pre-meeting.
The Fox Tenders for this month will be John KO6COW and his son Jaden W6EFM. Please join me in thanking both John and Jaden for volunteering to plan and run the SFARC monthly Fox Hunt for October.
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Greydon KC6SLE