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I just wanted to let everyone know the details of the next transmitter hunt.
I will not be on this hunt as we will be in Door County. But many of the Hams are also geocachers and would welcome anyone to tag along.Next Regular Hunt:
Date: Friday, October 8, 2004Time: 7:20 PM
Fox: K9GCF
Starting Point: Little Menomonee River Parkway N/O Mill Road, under the Hwy 145 over pass.
Directions: Hwy 45 North to Silver Spring. East to 91st., turn North to Mill Road (1 mile). Turn West (left)
continue 3 blocks and angle right onto Leon Tr. Continue on 3 blocks to Little Menomonee River Parkway,
turn Left (South) and park under the bridges of Hwy 145.
ICBM coordinates: Parking is at: N43.08.154 W088.02.029
Frequency: 146.43 MHz
Format: All on-foot
The Afterglow will be at Mama’s Italian Cuisine – 7718 West Burleigh
THE NEXT AMATURE RADIO TRANSMITTER HUNT
Milwaukee Fox Hunt News
Next Regular Hunt:
Date: Friday, November 12, 2004Time: 7:20 PM
Fox: WB9ODQ
Starting Point: Greendale Community Center Parking lot
Directions: 6200 South 76th Street. Approximately 1 mile south of Grange on the east side of 76th street
Frequency: Various frequencies (Could include 146.43Mhz, 146.565Mhz, and 146.52 Mhz)
Format: All on-foot. Possibly multiple transmitters (depending on the wx)
The Afterglow will be at Culvers on Hwy 100 & Forest Home
2004/2005 Fox Hunt Schedule:
Friday, November 12, 2004 – – Fox: WB9ODQ
Friday, December 10, 2004 – – Fox ????
Friday, January 14, 2005 – – – – – Fox ????
Friday, February 11, 2005 – – – – Fox ????
Friday, March 11, 2005 – – – – – – Fox ????
Friday, April 8, 2005 – – – – – – – – Fox ????
No Fox Hunt in May because of Dayton
Friday, June 10, 2005 – – – – – – – Fox ????
Friday, July 8, 2005 – – – – – – – – -Fox ????
Friday, August 12, 2005 – – – – – -Fox ????
Friday, September 9, 2005 – – – – Fox ????
Friday, October 14, 2005 – – – – – Fox ????
Friday, November 11, 2005 – – – -Fox ????
Friday, December 9, 2005 – – – – -Fox ????
I’m hoping to go to this one. Will you be there Lee? I doubt I’ll have an antenna by then, but it would be fun to tag along.
Yes I plan on being there. Hope to see you, and anyone else that can make it.
Sorry I did not look at my schedule close enought and I will be working in Green Bay Friday and Saturday. So I will NOT be at the Transmitter hunt.
LeeI had fun at the Fox Hunt the other night. I think I did pretty good until the last 75 yards or do. I brought along a directional antenna I constructed out of a measuring tape.
I don’t have an attenuator yet, so I was shifting my receiver off frequency to cut down on the input signal. That process worked pretty good for one fox, but the other had too strong of a signal.
The first transmitter was a walkie talkie sitting on a stump in the woods. This was the easy one for the newbies like me.
The second transmitter was inside a hollow branch with a large antenna which was hidden inside a camoflaged sleeve. It was very hard to see, even when you were standing 2 feet away.
Everyone was very friendly and helpful. I received some good tips on tweaking my antenna to make it better. I also picked up some plans for an offset attenuator which I hope to build soon.
This was very similar to geocaching, except you use an antenna and radio instead of a GPS.
Very fun!
“There are two kinds of hunting: ordinary hunting and grouse hunting.”
-Aldo Leopold, A sand county AlmanacBrian
WGA President
Grousetales at wi-geocaching dot com
KC9GMW
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