Dear Elmer

Want to get an answer about some aspect of Amateur Radio? This is the place to ask it. By clicking the link below, you can send an E-mail question to the club and we will try to find the answer for it. We'll post some of the questions and answers here for everyone to see. If you have a question, probably someone else has the same question and just hasn't asked it yet.

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Dear Elmer,
What is a fox hunt?
Thanks, just-wondering

Dear Just-Wondering,
Another name for a fox hunt is radio direction finding. The goal is to locate a hidden transmitter placed in an area that is accessible to the public. The equipment used can go from the simple (an HT or scanner with a simple antenna) to the elaborate (a radio with a directional antenna, attenuators for when you get close to the transmitter to knock down the signal strength, or even special antennas with electronics that will tell you which direction the signal is coming from.)

You might also ask why. Transmitters can get keyed unintentionally (somebody puts a microphone in the seat and then sits on it, etc.) or intentionally to cause interference. We use fox hunts to practice the skill of tracking these transmitters down. Thanks for the question. Hope you try a fox hunt the next time the club sponsors one. 73, Elmer

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