Overall Map	Close-in Map	My new navigator, Ron, rode with me this evening and for never having done this before did really well. Our initial bearing was 352*, telling us to head north on Interstate-680. This couldn't be right, after all, this is a Fremont hunt. After discussing where to go, we decided to follow the "T-Hunters Rules" and head north on I-680, along the initial bearing. We made a foolish mistake close-in, passing the Foothill Blvd. exit and having to make a U-Turn, quite a distance up I-580.
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040103_164515.jpg	040103_164528.jpg	Having a list of tried and true hunting equipment, made getting back into t-hunting, after a long absence, really easy. Hunting Equipment I used that made t-hunting fun and easy. 1) 4-Element ARROW Yagi. For my initial bearing. 2) MK4 Sniffer. Used as a receiver for my Yagi, as well as my U-R-Here radio and close-in sniffer. 3) Compass, plastic map of the Bay Area & protractor. 4) AHHA Microfinder Doppler. 4) Garmin StreetPilot-2610. Computer assisted route and street level maps. The biggest difference between my setup and other t-hunters is the MK4 Sniffer and Garmin StreetPilot-2610. The MK4 zero's in on the initial bearing, fast (because of it's signal strength tone). The MK4 also helps you determine your distance from the fox-transmitter, while your driving towards it. When your close to the transmitter, say MK4 attenuation level-4, consider stopping. I have never had my MK4 lower than level-4 when arriving near a fox-transmitter. I have had it higher, around level-7 when next to the transmitter, (definitely stop when the MK4 reaches level-6 or 7). My next tool, the Garmin StreetPilot-2610 is my only driving map. It plots routes, Quickest or Shortest. Most of the time I plot small "Shortest" routes, which takes me along back roads, avoiding roads without exits or dead-end roads. I no longer worry about not having the proper maps for the territory. The SP-2610, with it's 128MG compact-flash card, contains all of California and Nevada. If you need other area's, just erase and re-load the new area from your CD-ROM, which contains all roads in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.
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040103_210255.jpg	Sponge brain antidote	We eat dinner at Fuddruckers, even with the recent scare of M-Cow-Decease. Jeff-KD6TOJ found a bottle of Brain Drink, so we were relieved and relaxed a little.
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The fox is here		Rich-KN6FW finely showed up for dinner, around 8:30 PM. Good challenge hunt. Jim Sakane (KD6DX) Next Hunt.