Ham Radio Fox Hunting 101
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Let's discuss the basics of ham radio fox hunting and the equipment needed to get started.
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Congratulations to Dan, W1BUS. Dan was chosen as the winner for the offset attenutaor. Thanks to all who entered!
Thanks for coming out! It was great meeting you. KO4EMJ
Fox hunting peaked my interest when I first got licensed. I just haven't gotten around to it. The tape measure yagi is a fun build, and they work great! - K8BCR
Hey Jason! Thanks for coming out to our hunt. It was great hanging out with you. KO4KJX
My youngest son, Augustine (KE0TRN), and I were first attracted to Fox Hunting when we read about it in the Technician License manual. It has been a lot of fun to share this game with Scouts, too! Thanks for the video. 73, Mike WB0BEE
I have been exploring and talking to some others about having a fox hunt lately. As always Jason, right on time!! 73, K4HNT
Nice video. I've had an interest in fox hunting since I got licensed, but haven't found a local club doing it. Will still keep an eye out of it in the future.
AF5AV - Loved your foxhunt video, and thanks to build-a-pi, my raspberry is doing well. Thanks again for all you do to support the hobby
I saw your end fed wire in a video booming from Texas to Spain then Puerto Rico. Awesome, this is how I just found you. You have great content, looking forward to learning from you!
Thanks, 73
Jon W1JJN
N4JDI here. We’ve done many Foxhunts and they are a lot of fun. We create different scenarios for each one to keep it interesting. Happy hunting!
Haven’t seen much fox hunting in our area in quite a while but some of my Elmers were doing it when I was first licensed. Great video as always Jason.. - 73 de N2XU
KO4SZT here. Great video. New ham here, disappointed right off the bat to find a lot of malicious interference on our local repeaters here. Would like to start fox hunting to clean up the idiots. 73s
Jason, K3LEM here. Perfect timing on this video as my fiancee and i are heading to our first fox hunt at the end of the month. Thanks for the 101. It is going to be very helpful. 73
I started out T-hunting 50 years ago using my mobile antenna and turning the car in a circle, watching the 2nd limiter current on a Motorola FMTRU-41V boat anchor. Fun times! So K6ESS Ed would love to get back into Fox Hunting. Hope I win!!
Good intro to fox hunting Jason! I've designed a few foxes for our club in the SWVA area, and have had lots of fun. One thing to note is that, while Baofeng radios are OK for getting in the area, the operator will quickly learn the limits of the signal level indicator. I believe the signal strength indicator to be of utmost importance when getting close to the fox, along with the offset attenuator. I often bring a few FT-60s to our hunts so that new hunters can avoid the frustration. 73 de W4XXV!
Great topic, Jason. Looking forward to trying out this aspect of ham radio sometime. -KN4 VSV
Thank you Jason. Looks like a lot of fun. Haven’t tried fox hunting yet but plan to sometime in the next 4 months. W4SCE
I need to explore this aspect of the Hobby more thoroughly, and your video helps acquaint me with it further. Thanks Jason! Randy B. KG0BA
Having an HT with an S-Meter like the FT-65 I would argue is crucial. Just going off audio can be extremely deceiving. The attenuator mentioned is superb and coupled with a take measure yagis is a great first kit
Hello, KY4TLS here and thank you for the video, I’m new to this hobby and I love learning about all the toys we get to play with. I have a great Elmer and he has taught me a lot. I’m sure fox hunting is in our future. 73
N6EF-I was looking to include foxhunting in my next Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air event in 2022. This video was perfect timing. I built a tape measure Yagi and haven't tried it for foxhunting yet. This is a good excuse to try it out.
The local club in our area has started leading fox hunts throughout the summer. What a fun time! 73, WA1PB
Thanks for all your work making the Raspberry Pi so usable to the Amateur Radio community. Keep up the great work! 73 de KC7ZXY
Great video Jason! Haven't had the opportunity to fox hunt yet but with the information you've shared, I'm now equipped with the knowledge to go forth and find that vulpine. Thanks! Matt, KO4IYW
W7KFT here. Looks like fun! I haven't gotten around to building my Yagi yet, but now I think I need to get started on that project.
Iv'e hidden the fox before but never actively searched for one. This would be something new for me and I am always looking for something new in the hobby. Happy hunting. AF6GL
N4PKR. I was trained in direction finding "fox hunting" to look for downed airplanes or lost hikers. This was before I became a ham. I used those skills to find a Ham that was maliciously jamming repeaters. We found him... Sad to say it was the sitting club president, who wanted to run hams that he didnt like off the repeater.
AK2DM love our fox hunting adventures and byonic gear is very good to use.
New to your channel and enjoying it! Fox hunting had always been a big interest of mine! N4BRB 73s!
Thank you for all the Raspberry
Pi radio stuff. I love all your videos. 73 de Chris NO7E
I've been pretty interested in Fox Hunting since I saw the questions about it on the license exams. I plan to build a tape measure Yagi soon. I hope that I can get some interest in the local radio club in running a Fox Hunt this spring. K9LAF
K8WPE used the KC9ON attenuator a week ago and our club is building 10 kits.
N0AWA, I did put together a pi-fox, works ok but bulky. Another way is to make a controller using an Arduino Nano and either a ht or mobile rig. Keep up the awesome videos and Buil A Pi.
Used to fox hunt in my early years. Lots of fun and made lots of new friends. WB0RSJ
I like the tape measure yagi the best I kept bending the elements on my arrow II. I love an offset attenuator. 3rd Planet Solar has the kit for $10 or assembled for $15.
W6YNE - I haven't done a fox hunt since the late '80s, can't believe it's been that long. 😂 I obviously need to get back into it, a great way to use that tape measure Yagi I recently built.
N3WS - I've been trying to organize a fox hunt with my club. I'll have to share this video.
WB4HAT, fox hunting for the Civil air patrol and dad got me into ham radio.
NB7O - Near Quartzsite, AZ is the AZARA Youth group. The worked with an EE and developed some Foxes. The were disguised as rocks, flowers, and bushes. They were hoping to bring the foxes to market as a fund raiser but, I am uncertain of the status of that project.
J69DS , great job Jason!
Hi Jason ZL2TCH great video as always. Thank you.
KB4QCE. Great presentation on Fox Hunting Jason. Fall is the best time for these events.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge with all of us that enjoy this hobby so much! - KC5TGT
Thanks Jason. I came in 3rd a couple times with a local club foxhunt using a UV5R and a tape measure antenna. One of these days... lol. 73 de N4WLC
KC9FPZ - Awesome information, always wanted to give it a try. Need to find one in my area.
Hello Jason, I always learn while watching your very clear presentations. Thanks. 73 de VA2GJ, Gerald.
Great topic Jason thank you for the video
Great Video on Fox hunting. NO5X for the attenuator. Thx
There are ELT Emergency Locations Transmitter in some airplanes on121.5 MHz. There are groups like CAP that look for them! But with some changes in the frequency some of our radios can be made to find them. The military uses 243 MHz. There has been some changes to this with the GPS system in the ELT'S. But other than the frequency that is used most of it the some way of doing.
KD5QDQ, I finally made the Patreon list. woot woot. Great video. Don't know what it is about you, I was never interested in fox hunting, and now you caught my interest. Also, the opportunity to make an antenna our of a tape measure, LOL. Who can resist.
Keep up the great content Jason. 73.
Great presentation and nice to get out and enjoy the outdoors while hunting "foxes". K8SAS
Fox hunting has always been an interest to me but just have never started doing it. I would really like the attenuator to add to my shack.- W4JCB
Sounds like great fun. Enjoying the videos. Thanks for all you do. 73 W4AOX
Thanks for the informative video. We just had a little fox hunt in West TN on the 16th of October. 73 ~ W4NCB
Thanks for the video, Jason. Good fox hunting weather coming soon. 73, AA4EZ
I just plain need to get involved with a club, let alone figure things out around my new QTH, I in northwest Montana, between Troy and Idaho. Fox hunting has been something that has interested me for years. KD7ZKB.
Hello Jason. K3VL Mark. Have learned a lot from your videos the last couple of months
VK2JNC - our local club is looking at doing some fox hunts coming up this would be great! Thanks heaps!!
long time I did not do any fox hunting. But when I did it was on 80m (not VHF) using ferrite antennas, hi
73 de jurgen 4z5oi
K6OGR - Good on QRZ, I've been doing fox hunts for the local ARES group. Thanks Jason.
On sma radios u can slowly unscrew the antenna as a crude attenuator also
NC4MT. haven't done a fox hunt in many years, but have several new ham friends that I'd love to show it to, even to build a yagi.
Always wanted to learn fox hunting.. Great video KB1TVS
I just ran a Fox hunt for the Scouts this past weekend for JOTA. Great fun. Jim K4PPK
Another good video Jason. i made my own transmitter, and a tape measure yagi. KD2RSS
Mike - KD9RKQ I always enjoy the in depth reviews and comments. One of the members in our club just started some fox hunting.
KG9NA...Great Video as you always do.
Kc9dfk looks like a lot of fun. I like the tape measure antenna too
VE3RRD - Our club in Barrie ON used to hold fox hunts 15 or so years ago, a lot of fun
wow, that's just down the road from me. Subscribed!
KR5EEE. Thanks Jason for your educational videos and detailed explanations.
N5XHI - YES, I would love ❤ to have it.
John - KD9OSV - Another helpful and fun video! Great job!
KC2CBD here Jason :)
Shared this video in my club Facebook group to help out some of the newer hams.
K9EMP
AD9TC here. Thanks!
WW5G - Thanks Jason!
Great video, as always Jason - Rich, K3SOM
Thanks for the video Jason,
Zachary White K4TP.
This also saved a few lives too
W0KED never done fox hunting before. Looks super cool.
Jim - AJ6EQ. Thanks for the video Jason. 73
Fox hunting is a great recreation. Thanks for the video. KF7BQ.
I really enjoyed the video. Your's was the first one I found to really explain what Ham Radio Foxhunting was and how to participate. Well done. KI5QHM
Jason, another great video. Keep them going! - KF7ELV
N4RRW was just starting to get stuff together to fox hunt.
Great video. Always wanted to try foxhunting. - KO4DOH
Thanks Jason. I have been successful using a folded 2M dipole on a stick, and a good map to triangulate . - K0PHP
N6XEW - Hello Jason! I have not gone FOX hunting in years - recently our club has been looking adding fox hunting to some of our club events.
Seems an inexpensive RTL-SDR and a Pi with a small screen could also get a guy into the hunt and has adjustable gain built in. Great videos as always Jason. De KE0MHJ.
The Richardson Wireless Klub sponsors a fox hunt every weekend.
KI5RPS. Thanks for the videos!
Great video again!! Fox hunting is a fun hobby. I have the same pico fox. 73 de NT7R
A local ham recently picked up a fox so this would be nice to have. 73 K4GWA
KB9LNS - another good video. Thanks.
KB5WCK -Lived the video
If you only had a cheap Baofeng and no attenuator, would it help to improvise the yagi so it picked up less and less signal the louder the fox signal gets? Basically de-tune the yagi as the signal increases so you only hear when the fox signal is the greatest. I have not been on a fox hunt but I have done very extensive metal detecting and when pin-pointing a target I notch the signal so it 'sounds' much quieter and only the loudest signal is heard.
an IC-705 would be awesome to use in a fox hunt; portable, built-in attenuator, scope... expensive but awesome : )
KJ7JFH Dan. Nice video, I have been considering building a tape measuring yagi. Guess it is time to do it.
Another great video. - W4RDJ