3-D map	Overall map with GPS track	From the Fremont start point roadway, I read an incorrect bearing of 300* to the easy fox and multiple bearings to the hard fox. Because of the multiple readings, I decided to climb a hill and get bearings from a near by peak. Up on top I read a bearing of 193* to the hard 1st fox and 175* to the easy 2nd fox. I think the hard fox bearing was a reflection since the transmitter was in a flood control channel, below ground level, facing west. I also believe the easy fox signal was blocked by a large hill to our east. After driving away from the Start Point mountains, my Doppler began pointing correctly towards both foxes. Plotting a GPS route (shortest distance) on my StreetPilot-III towards Hwy-237 I took back roads to Hwy-880 and ramped off at Dixon Landing Road. At this point my Doppler pointed South/East but, since my initial bearing indicated South/West I took the new frontage road south/west towards McCarthy Ranch in Milpitas. Quickly my Doppler and U-R-Here radio indicated I was on the right road and within a few hundred feet of the transmitter. Taking my 4-element Arrow beam and Scout-40 frequency counter with me, I walked over a couple of hills and located the hard 1st transmitter. I don't think I could have found it, if it were not for my close-in gear. I had to point and get my beam to within a few inches of the transmitting antenna before I saw the thing. Driving towards the Easy 2nd Fox was not too difficult. When I arrived at McCarthy Ranch, my Doppler continued to point east, away from my initial bearing. Knowing there was a Round Table Pizza just east of Hwy-880 I made my route correction and headed towards Round Table.
20021005_174439.jpg James & Dave	20021005_174452.jpg Start point roadway.
20021005_174508.jpg Bill & Gary	20021005_174519.jpg Rich & Dave
20021005_175626.jpg Dan	20021005_175635.jpg Sherri, Gary & Rich
20021005_180919.jpg Chris, Dan & Rich	20021005_180929.jpg Top of the hill.
20021005_181416.jpg Roadway down below	20021005_183552.jpg Hard Fox	Equipment I used. 1) 4-element beam: To obtain my initial bearings and for close-in work. 2) AHHA MicroFinder Doppler. Very helpful. 3) Garmin StreetPilot-III: Street level GPS map and auto routing to find the shortest route to the foxes. 4) Laptop Computer: TOPO GPS mapping. Very useful, plotting my initial bearings. 5) Icom IC-R3, U-R-Here radio. Full scale on attenuation-4 when I was near the FOXES 6) Scout-40 frequency counter, connected to my 4-element beam and used as a close-in sniffer. 7) Mobile radio, Standard C5900DA. Listen to the fox frequency and talk-in communications channel. CONCLUSION: A good BEAM (mine is made by Arrow Antenna), the StreetPilot-III for auto routing a short route to my destination, a laptop computer running TOPO to plot my bearings, the U-R-Here radio (Icom IC-R3) to tell me I'm close enough to walk and my Scout-40 frequency counter to sniff out the transmitter.
20021005_183553.jpg Hard Fox	20021005_183554.jpg Hard Fox
20021005_183729.jpg Hard Fox, Bill.	20021005_185115.jpg Easy Fox
20021005_194549.jpg Round Table Pizza	20021005_200438.jpg	Remember, October 19, 2002, Pacificon 2002 (no hunt). See you on on November 2, 2002 at 5:00 PM for the Fremont Hunt. (Note: pacific standard time change so the start time changes to 5:00 PM). Jim Sakane (KD6DX)
20021005_210208.jpg		Andy-KR6DD and Rosa fount the easy fox and joined use for dinner.