Hello, all piglets!
We are going to have a foxhunt on Sunday, July 9th at 3pm!
What: Foxhunt, someone will hide the fox somewhere in Hamilton county. we will then split into teams and search for the fox. We may do some competition and have the shortest distance traveled and the fastest time be categories for success.
When: July 9th 2023, 3pm - ~5pm
Where: we will start in a central area of Hamilton County, the fox will be located somewhere in the county, its your job to find it. We may also use a second “micro fox” a 10mW transmitter similar to the main fox but on a different frequency located in the same area as the larger fox.
Edit: We will meet at Simon Moon Park Simon Moon Park
(317) 804-3184
Simon Moon Park · Westfield, IN 46074
Simon Moon Park · Westfield, IN 46074
★★★★★ · Park
Equipment: someone in your team needs a directional antenna, a radio (one to listen to the fox and another on the repeater for hints), some way to take a bearing, (compass, phone, etc.) some way to know your location (gps, phone, sextant, etc.), someway to plot your course (paper map, google maps, etc.)
I will provide a custom google earth template you can use if you want that has a bunch of helpful layers for the hunt (locations of parks, starting locations, elevations, county boundary, etc.) There are also several apps you can install to help quickly triangulate the signal and plot it on a map.
EDIT:
The fox frequency for the large fox is 145.000MHz
The small fox frequency is 146.565MHz
Hope to see you there!