GPS track to fox #1	GPS track to fox #2	There was a very good turn-out, thirteen teams, for this Fremont transmitter hunt put-on by James-N1DDK and Andy-WD6CJK. The start instructions were announced by radio from James-N1DDK, find two transmitters, 1st-hard TX 146.415MHz and then 2nd-easy TX 146.490MHz, mileage to both will count towards winning. I read some pretty poor initial bearings (I need to practice) of 340* to the hard fox and 347* to the easy fox. The real bearings were 306* to the hard and 335* to the easy. Because of my bearings, I started towards Mission Blvd. but, then changed course, following my AHHA Doppler. As you can see from my GPS track, I sort of zigzagged my way towards fox-1, also checking and plotting the position of fox-2 since mileage towards both foxes counted and if I got to close to fox-1, I would not hear fox-2. Upon arriving 302 feet from fox-1, I started my foot pursuit with my 4-element beam and new Sniffer MK4. I have to say this combination of close-in equipment is working out great. James-N1DDK fox-1 was parked on an adjacent street. Within minutes, Don-KD6IRE and Henry-KF6PCE came walking in to find fox-1 too. Having a good idea of where fox-2 might be hiding, I drove off in search of the last transmitter. Andy-WD6CJK setup a pretty good (you can't get there from here), that I got tricked into. Fox-2 seemed to be coming from Morrison Canyon Rd., when I got there, the signal was coming from Canyon Heights Dr., a dead-end section of road that you have to drive 1.6 miles around to get to. I think a lot of hunters got caught up in this trick. After the hunt, the initial rule (mileage to both foxes count towards winning) had changed to, not having to find fox-2 and mileage to fox-1 was all you needed. Hunters who did not drive up to fox-1 but, walked to it, had .3 miles added to their mileage. Dinner at Mission Pizza was great, with good food and good company. Jim Sakane (KD6DX) EQUIPMENT I USED 1) Arrow 146-4-II, Four element yagi. 2) VK3YNG Sniffer MK4, I used it as my initial bearing receiver for both fox-1 and fox-2. Additionally, I used the MK4 as my U-R-Here radio which displayed my progress towards both foxes exceptionally well. I also used the MK4 as my close-in sniffer with my Arrow 146-4-II. 4) Compass, Protractor and Map. I plotted my initial bearings on a laminated (printed) TOPO map, which didn't help me at all, since I plotted some very bad bearings. 5) AHHA MicroFinder Doppler, Worked very well, pointing to both foxes through-out the hunt. 6) Standard C5900DA, Mobile tri-band radio. Your radio doesn't have to be the C5900DA, any mobile radio will do, as long as you can scan or receive all the FOX channels and the talk-in frequency. I use my mobile radio as a distant U-R-Here radio and switched to my Sniffer MK4 when I get really close. The MK4, attenuation level-7 seems to be the magic number to stop and walk. 7) Garmin StreetPilot-III. Street level mapping helped me find streets I was not familiar with. I should have used it to plot shortest routes though, my judgment on which streets to take were slightly off. See you on Feb. 15, 2003, Pleasanton Hunt.
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